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A review by katewhite77
Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This was an amazing book that doesn’t pull any punches.
Telling the story of the Vietnamese boat people. A refuge crisis that I clearly remember from my childhood. Sadly over forty years on this book could not be timely if it tried.
Anyone of us could have found ourselves on a small boat but by an accident of birth we have not.
This gives a powerful and poetic voice to the refuge experience.
A human one not a demonised one.
Telling the story of the Vietnamese boat people. A refuge crisis that I clearly remember from my childhood. Sadly over forty years on this book could not be timely if it tried.
Anyone of us could have found ourselves on a small boat but by an accident of birth we have not.
This gives a powerful and poetic voice to the refuge experience.
A human one not a demonised one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Racial slurs, Trafficking, Grief, and Death of parent