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Pioneer Girl
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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A powerful and wholly original American saga. San Francisco Chronicle Bich Minh Nguyens previous booksthe acclaimed memoir Stealing Buddhas Dinner and the American Book Awardwinning novel Short Girlsestablished her talents as a writer of keen cultural observation. In Pioneer Girl, Nguyen entwines the Asian American experience with the escapist pleasures of literature, in a dazzling mystery about the origins of Laura Ingalls Wilders classic Little House on the Prairie. Lee Lien has long dodged her Vietnamese familys rigid expectations by immersing herself in books. But now, jobless with a PhD in literature, she is back at home, working in her familys restaurant under her mothers hypercritical gazeuntil an heirloom from their past sends Lee on a search for clues that may lead back to Wilder herself, transforming strangers lives as well as her own.
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Wife
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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#StackAttack2019 #BFC This is a #DollarTree find from a couple years ago. Very creative!!! A young woman from a Vietnamese family has a connection to the Little House on the Prairie. Lee read the books as a child and realizes that a gift left for her grandfather in Vietnam is connected to “Rose” and is mentioned in one of the Little House books! She tracks down clues and finds a life of her own along the way. A solid 3/5🏠s. Cover love too!😍

Megabooks Dollar Tree is so awesome for books! 5y
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Bourriquet76
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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Math was always my best/easiest subject, but my BA and MA are in political science. I love words.

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Bourriquet76
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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I had to buy this. And I had to read it ASAP. My Little House obsession is strong.

Eggs Mine too I'm LHOP OCD 6y
Bourriquet76 @Eggs My husband got me Prairie Fires for Christmas, I had it read by New Years. Next up, I have Caroline: Little House Revisited. And a friend gave me the coloring book for Christmas. :) 6y
Eggs 💕💕💕 6y
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Eggs
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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This was amazing: Lee, a second generation Vietnamese young woman and her search for a phenomenal connection between her family and a beloved American author.

Bourriquet76 I just bought this yesterday!!!! 6y
Lacythebookworm That was quick! Glad you enjoyed it 😊 6y
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Lacythebookworm
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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I was ready for more Laura Ingalls Wilder adjacent reading after Prairie Fires so I picked this one up and devoured it over the course of two snow days. This is the story of Lee and her journey to track down a brooch that may or may not have belonged to Rose Wilder. She visits many Wilder locations in her search. Lee‘s family dynamics play a central and powerful role in the novel as well. Good fun!

Wife I found this one at #DollarTree. Still on TBR. Have you read the Awesome 6y
Eggs Omg this book is for me!!!! 6y
Lacythebookworm @Wife I started listening on audio and it wasn‘t for me on audio. I might try and pick up the physical copy. Everything about it says I should love it! 6y
Lacythebookworm @Eggs If you want it, I‘ll send it your way! Send your address to lacythebookworm@Gmail.com 😊 6y
Eggs @Lacythebookworm that is so generous of you. However I downloaded a kindle sample and I was hooked 🙂 so I purchased it. I'm halfway through. Thanks for the rec and the offer ♥️♥️♥️ 6y
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kspenmoll
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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#Omaha #FortAtkinson #Naturetrail #picnic #LauraIngnallsWilder #LiitleHousronthePrairie
#VietnameseAmerican
Started this book while here in Omaha. Not very far as we are hiking, picnicking, & visiting historic fort on Lewis & Clark trail.

SaraBeagle Welcome! 7y
kspenmoll @SaraBeagle Where in Nebraska do you live? Today we went to Lincoln, Grand Island, then followed Platt River/ Railroad- old wagon train trails back to Omaha, through Columbus, Fremont, etc. 7y
kspenmoll We had perfect weather, love the never ending blue sky, sunsets! @SaraBeagle (edited) 7y
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Kelly
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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July in stats. But they don't tell that I finished "Harry Potter" nor all of the "Ramona" books or that I read 700 (!!) pages of IT. But yes, July was a good reading month.

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Kelly
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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Guess I don't get to keep reading 😂

rubyslippersreads That face! 😻😻😻 7y
Julsmarshall What a beauty! 7y
elkeOriginal Such a sweet face! 7y
EvieBee Wow! What a beautiful picture! 7y
Purrfectpages Ha! Great pic! 7y
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HardcoverHearts
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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Long, long commute morning in the car today. I normally take public transit but a late meeting for this evening made that plan less viable. So I needed something better than politics to listen to for the many hours of travel. I love how this is pairing with the graphic novel I read in the readathon this weekend- The Best We Could Do. Both were of immigrant experiences and adult children trying to understand their parents. Very good so far!

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Kelly
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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I got this in a book exchange and am stoked to read it.

rubyslippersreads Lovely photo! I liked this book. 😊 7y
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RealLifeReading
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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Working on this pile of books (and more!) for the #asianlitbingo challenge!
You can find the rest of my tbr list here https://reallifereading.com/2017/05/04/asianlitbingo-tbr-list/

StephBengtson Nice stack! 📚 7y
LeahBergen I've had Pioneer Girl for ages on my TBR. 7y
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samalot
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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I love Pioneer Girl's deptictions of research work in archives. The "actually" kills me. Are we sure this book is fiction?! ? #LISlove #archivesland

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rubyslippersreads
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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A second-generation Vietnamese woman fascinated by Little House on the Prairie. #immigrantstories #booktober #day22

Penny_LiteraryHoarders Stunning cover!! 7y
GlitteryOtters OMG, stacking this immediately, this is totally in my wheelhouse! 7y
LeahBergen I have this but haven't read it yet. This cover!!! 7y
rubyslippersreads @GlitteryOtters @LeahBergen I had a feeling you'd both stack this one. 😄 7y
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BookishShelly
Pioneer Girl | Bich Minh Nguyen
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Even in a beach town one must make time for the bookstore.

SusanInTiburon Better than saltwater taffy! 8y
Loreen Especially in a beach town I would say. 😬 8y
ErikasMindfulShelf I just bought Homegoing for my sister. Can't recommend it enough. It's sooooo good!! 8y
Abailliekaras Often the best bookstores! My fave is South Seas Books in Port Elliot, South Australia. 😎 8y
JanuarieTimewalker13 Oh my goodness, I SO have to read Sy Montgomery's book...I read The Good, Good Pig and loved it!! 8y
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