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“The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars ”

written by Harriet Klausner on 27/06/2008

The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars

Andrew X. Pham

Harmony, Jun 2008, $24.95

ISBN: 030738120X



From 1940 to 1976, Viet Nam was in a constant state of war that impacted the people. Andrew X. Pham provides the biography of his father Thong Van Pham, who lived through the three plus decades of war starting with the Japanese invasion of the French occupied region during WW II through the fight for independent from the French and finally the war over the South against the United States. As a child Thong lived an upper crust life being born to a wealthy family. Over the years of war, famine and abuse, the family fortune vanished and consequently the life style.



This is a fascinating biography that also serves as a deep look at the history of Viet Nam. The author rotates his father's life with recent events that brings a harrowing feel as the reader gains a sense of the outcome resulting from the years of turbulence. Well written, readers will marvel at Mr. Pham's capture of the impact of power struggles on everyday people.



Harriet Klausner

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