Surviving Twice

This is a paperbound reprint of a 2005 book. More than 100,000 children were born during the Vietnam War to GI fathers and Vietnamese mothers. Those who weren't among the few thousand who came to the U.S. before the war's end faced formidable obstacles in a society that didn't accept their mixed parentage. Yarborough tells the story of five such Amerasians, who were among those who entered the U.S. as young adults under the 1988 Amerasian Homecoming Act and then struggled for a second time to survive. In addition to interviewing the five extensively, Yarborough also talked with a Buddhist nun, social workers, resettlement workers, police gang officers, and others to understand how mixed-race children born of wars and occupations are treated, and the ways shifting laws, policies, and social attitudes affect their entire lives. Distributed by Books International. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)