Remembering Water: A Memoir of Departure and Return

Phan, Tuan: - Tuan Phan is a Vietnamese American teaching English Literature in Saigon. He left Vietnam in 1986 by boat with his family as part of a wave of refugees. In America, he spent his childhood learning English and forgetting his mother tongue. He is now back in his birth country, relearning his first language, teaching literature, and writing.