Ebook {Epub PDF} Across the Mekong River by Elaine Russell

 · Across the Mekong River is a moving account of one Hmong family braving war, persecution, and trauma to find a new life in the www.doorway.ruh the eyes of each family member, Elaine Russell brilliantly spins each story strand seamlessly into a deeply personal, and yet universal portrait of the immigrant experience of leaving one's homeland to begin 4/5. Across the Mekong River paints a vivid picture of the Hmong immigrant experience, exploring family love, sacrifice and the resiliency of the human spirit to overcome tragic circumstances.? This book is a winner of four / indie awards. Across the Mekong River won four independent publishing awards in Her picture book (ages 8 - 12 years), All About Thailand was published in November with Tuttle Publishing. Elaine is also the author of the middle grade mystery/adventure series with skateboarding heroes Martin and Isabel: Martin McMillan and The Lost Inca City, Martin 4/5.

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Across the Mekong River by Elaine Russell. Visit the page to buy book rights online. Signup on Pubmatch and get your book featured on homepage only at $/month. Elaine Russell’s novel Across the Mekong River (CreateSpace, pp., $, paper), has won four independent book awards. The main character, Laura Nou Lee, escapes from Laos, pursued by the Pathet Lao, with her family, some of who die during the escape. They manage to get to a refugee camp in Thailand where the conditions are miserable. by Elaine Russell ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 6, Ravaged by the Vietnam War, a culturally ingrained family from Laos leaves everything behind to pursue a dangerous journey across the Mekong River leading them from Thailand to the United States in Russell’s novel. Violence interrupts the lush Laotian landscape: Bullets spray from the rifles of Communist soldiers, while indifferent American helicopters unleash bombs from above.