Daughters of the River Huong - Uyen Nicole Duong - 3 stars

[Linda C]

Simone Mi-Uyen escaped Vietnam in 1975 and married the American who helped her leave. Although she attended law school and had a career, she never adjusted to life in Manhattan. When her circumstances change she divulges her family history through the stories of her great-grandmother, Huyen Phi (the Mystical Concubine to the King of Annam), her grandmother Que Huong (Princess Cinnamon) and her mother Mi Suong (known as Dew), covering the French occupation, the Viet Cong rebellion and the Vietnam War.

The story has a mystical feel to it in her connections to many people who have died. Very interesting look at Vietnamese culture through a variety of governments. The magical aspects were my least favorite.