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Thanhha Lai Books

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Thanhha Lai is a Vietnamese-American writer born in 1965. Her works, which deeply explore the experiences of immigrants and the growth of teenagers, have won the hearts of readers.

Inside Out & Back Again

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Butterfly Yellow

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Listen, Slowly

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Sadness Eyes

Book:Inside Out & Back Again

Source: Inside Out & Back Again

“Fate did not grant him the privilege to see our children reach adulthood or the pleasure to witness our wrinkles writing stories on our faces, but in the time we were allowed, we knew our treasures.”

Fate Death Of A Loved One Wrinkles

Book:Listen, Slowly

Source: Listen, Slowly

“Y'all have a song?' H nods. 'Bất-tơ-phơ-lai de-lồ.' 'Butterfly yellow? You mean yellow butterfly.' H starts to explain but pulls out her notebook. The most prepared notetaker on earth. Bướm = butterfly, vàng = yellow.”

Song Young Adult Immigrants Texas Historical Fiction Yellow Butterfly Refugees Vietnamese Language Learning

Book:Butterfly Yellow

Source: Butterfly Yellow

“In the distance bombs explode like thunder, slashes lighten the sky, gunfire falls like rain”

War Warfare Bombing Bomb

Book:Inside Out & Back Again

Source: Inside Out & Back Again

“Then by chance Mother learns sponsors prefer those whose applications say, "Christians." Just like that Mother amends our faith, saying all beliefs are pretty much the same.”

Refugee Refugees Refugee Crisis

Book:Inside Out & Back Again

Source: Inside Out & Back Again

“People living on other's goodwill cannot afford political opinions.”

Politics Refugee Refugees Refugee Crisis

Book:Inside Out & Back Again

Source: Inside Out & Back Again

“I'm trying to tell MiSSSisss WaSShington about our ceremony for Father. But it takes time to match every noun and verb, sort all the tenses, remember all the articles, set the tone for every s. MiSSSisss WaSShington says if every learner waits to speak perfectly, no one would learn a new language. Being stubborn won't make you fluent. Practicing will! The more mistakes you make, the more you'll learn not to. They laugh.”

Encouragement Learning English Frustrations New Language

Author:Thanhha Lai

“I repeat, Há, and wish I knew enough English to tell her to listen for the diacritical mark, this one directing the tone downward.”

Esl English Second Language

Book:Inside Out & Back Again

Source: Inside Out & Back Again

“Should 'sleep' be plural? No, sleep is an idea, like love, no s. So many decisions in a single simple sentence. Exhausting, this elaborate dance of words.”

Love Sleep Young Adult Immigrants Historical Fiction English Refugees Vietnamese Language Learning Languages

Book:Butterfly Yellow

Source: Butterfly Yellow

“I hate being told I can't do something because I'm a girl!”

I Can Hate Girl I Hate

Author:Thanhha Lai

“Being stubborn won't make you fluent. Practicing will! The more mistakes you make, the more you'll learn not to.”

Mistake Stubborn Fluent Being Stubborn

Author:Thanhha Lai

“How can we scramble away like rats, without honor, without dignity, when everyone must help rebuild the country?”

Country Helping Honor Dignity Rats

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About the Author

Born: 1965
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 12

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