Hearts of Sorrow

The first-person narratives in this book provide a glimpse into the personal lives of fourteen Vietnamese-Americans who were devastated by war and the refugee experience but who were able to create new lives in a new cultural environment.

PART I Hearts of Sorrow

Introduction

3

(4)

The Vietnamese Refugee Experience

7

(14)

Creating Hearts of Sorrow

21

(10)

PART II Vietnam: Childhood, Youth, and Character

Introduction

27

(4)

I Never Forget an Insult: 1906--1941

31

(21)

Youngest Daughter: 1914--1934

52

(16)

I Grew Up Without Love: 1925--1937

68

(7)

Make Friends with Equals: 1927--1940

75

(4)

Predestined for the Religious Life: 1932--1952

79

(8)

Growing Up in a Catholic Village: 1942--1966

87

(4)

Childhood in North and South Vietnam: 1946--1968

91

(9)

Not to Beat Is Not to Love: 1963--1979

100

(13)

PART III Vietnam: Sorrows of War

Introduction

111

(2)

Famine: 1945

113

(11)

Jailed by the French: 1945--1948

124

(12)

The Execution of My Husband: 1946

136

(6)

Viet Minh and French: 1945--1956

142

(15)

Memories of Communist Hanoi: 1945--1966

157

(12)

Viet Cong and Americans: 1956--1969

169

(12)

War with the Americans and Life After: 1965--1980

181

(8)

The Death Toll in My Family: 1945--1975

189

(12)

PART IV Vietnam: Sorrows of Liberation

Introduction

199

(2)

Saigon Falls: 1975

201

(8)

Prisoner Without Trial: 1975--1976

209

(15)

Sent North to Die: 1976--1979

224

(19)

Harshest Incarceration: 1979--1981

243

(12)

Ten Indochinese Days: 1975--1978

255

(16)

Buddhism Under Communism: 1975--1978

271

(4)

Escape from Ban Me Thuot: 1975--1978

275

(4)

Communist Intimidation of Schoolboys: 1975--1979

279

(4)

Visits to a Reeducation Camp: 1975--1981

283

(10)

PART V Flight to Freedom

Introduction

291

(2)

Despair in a Refugee Camp: 1975

293

(10)

Better to Die at Sea Than to Remain: 1975--1976

303

(10)

People at Their Worst: 1978--1979

313

(7)

Perilous Journey: 1979

320

(16)

Joseph D. Gosha

Bien Hoa Jail: 1981

336

(7)

Brutality in a Thai Refugee Camp: 1982

343

(14)

PART VI America: Heartache Beneath Success

Introduction

353

(4)

I Will Die Lonely and Abandoned: 1975--1985

357

(12)

I Cannot Learn English: 1975--1984

369

(7)

We Cannot Walk in Our Neighborhood: 1976--1982

376

(6)

God Made Me a Hard--Working Man: 1978--1983

382

(9)

They Tell Me Their Troubles: 1979--1984

391

(18)

I Want to Live Without Trouble: 1980--1984

409

(5)

Victim of a Youth Gang Stabbing: 1981--1982

414

(10)

My Daughter Neglects Me: 1984

424

(5)

PART VII Interpretations

Implications for Biography

429

(12)

Bibliography

441

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