Dust Child rest is resistance to the historical lessons of

to the historical lessons of the Nazi Holocaust and South African apartheid

contradictions

cutting them off from all outside help

beliefs and environment affect an individual’s response to—and acknowledgement of—violence against women

Spotting a face in a crowd is so easy

Dust Child rest is resistance to the historical lessons ofFinalist for the 2024 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. The author of the award winning The Mountains Sing returns with a suspenseful and moving saga of wartime love, family, loss, and redemption set in Vit Nam. In 1969, sisters Trang and Qunh, desperate to help their parents pay off debts, leave their rural village to work in a bar in Si Gn. Once in the big city, the young girls learn how to drink and flirt (and more) with American GIs in return for