“...my father used to tell me—usually after one of my mother‘s fits throwing dishes or books or whatever—that women lose control when they‘re afraid and me lose control when they‘re in love.”
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Dragonfish: A Novel | 
“...my father used to tell me—usually after one of my mother‘s fits throwing dishes or books or whatever—that women lose control when they‘re afraid and me lose control when they‘re in love.”
Have I mentioned that I *LOVE* my library?
"America, Mr Robert, is not the melting pot you Americans like to say it is. It's oil and water. Things get stirred, sure but they eventually separate and settle, and the like things always go back to each other. " - this quote felt a little too much like the conservative right these days
so-soA Vietnamese refugee loses her husband to war and, unable to escape the ghosts of her past, abandons their daughter. New marriages, homes and names can't erase her trauma and again and again, she disappears from people's lives. Tran plays deftly with our genre expectations but, I never felt a connection to the work on a nonclinical level. I never cared about Robert or Suzy and the thriller aspects of the story felt underdeveloped & unentertaining.
This audiobook is grabbing me in immediately!! I think thrillers are a great thing to listen to on audio format.
pickHaunting love story well written. Works on several levels, not least as a tightly wound mystery. But it is so much more. It reveals the long-term impact of trauma, loss, bonding, and memory. I appreciated lucid prose, intercutting plot threads, and straightforward exposition. Highly recommended.
