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Ebook About The first-hand account of a Vietnamese refugee who now lives the American dream.Where the Wind Leads is the remarkable account of Vinh Chung and his refugee family’s daring escape from communist oppression for the chance of a better life in America. It’s a story of personal sacrifice, redemption, endurance against almost insurmountable odds, and what it truly means to be American.Vinh Chung was born in South Vietnam, just eight months after it fell to the communists in 1975. His family was wealthy, controlling a rice-milling empire worth millions; but within months of the communist takeover, the Chungs lost everything and were reduced to abject poverty. Knowing that their children would have no future under the new government, the Chungs decided to flee the country. In 1979, they joined the legendary “boat people” and sailed into the South China Sea, despite knowing that an estimated two hundred thousand of their countrymen had already perished at the hands of brutal pirates and violent seas. Where the Wind Leads follows Vinh Chung and his family on their desperate journey from pre-war Vietnam, through pirate attacks on a lawless sea, to a miraculous rescue and a new home in the unlikely town of Fort Smith, Arkansas. There Vinh struggled against poverty, discrimination, and a bewildering language barrier—yet still managed to graduate from Harvard Medical School. Where the Wind Leads is Vinh’s tribute to the courage and sacrifice of his parents, a testimony to his family’s faith, and a reminder to people everywhere that the American dream, while still possible, carries with it a greater responsibility.Book Where the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption Review :
976 There have been some wonderfully descriptive reviews written for this book. Rather than reiterating once again what happens in the book, I'd like to come at it from a different point of view.My husband and I used to have houses and apartments we rented out, and in the late '70s and early '80s we rented to Vietnamese families. We also had Cambodian families and once a Laotian family. They made great tenants. They always had the rent ready and never asked if it would be all right to be late. They also fed us when we came to collect. It gave us a loved and wanted feeling, contrary to what we experienced with some other tenants. We ate some amazing things, understanding that it was not polite to refuse. I expect it was just as well our tenants did not know the names of their dishes in English. I think we were happier that way.Then around 1985, I think, the flow of Asian tenants dried up. We waited, but they did not come. My husband and I talked it over and decided to go looking for an answer, and perhaps find some new Asian tenants. Knowing there were Vietnamese places of business on East University Avenue in San Diego where we lived, we went there and stopped in first at a place which published a Vietnamese newspaper. We relayed our question to the lady working there. She listened politely as I explained, and then looked at us a little oddly."I can answer your question," she said, "but do you really want to know?""Yes," we said."I cannot speak for the Cambodians and Laotians. I only know about the Vietnamese. Your tenants may not have spoken enough English to tell you this, or did not want to speak of it because they wanted to forget a terrible time, but I am sure you know that they were rescued from almost certain death at sea, if they were refugees. America was the first country to open her doors to them, allowing them to come in. For that they are grateful, incredibly grateful. With the help of sponsors, kind people like you rented to them. They subsisted on Welfare and other government programs and they went to school, paid for on their behalf by your," she paused, smiled, and amended, "our government. They studied hard, became citizens, took their degrees, and went to work. No more Welfare because no more assistance was needed. Now," she said, "they are doctors and nurses and lawyers. Some will soon be judges. They are plumbers and masons and carpenters. Some," she smiled wider, "print newspapers for our people, especially the older people for whom a new language is difficult. But the tenants you are looking for do not come because they no longer need to rent houses and apartments. Now they are buying their own."I've thought of that lady and her words many times since then. That is the way it's supposed to work! Take advantage of what is given, go to school, achieve as well as you can (and they could!) and go to work. It was the first time our Welfare system made perfect sense to me.Dr. Vinh Chung speaks of just that thing in his book as he tells the story of the lives of his mother and father in Viet Nam, their escape and near death at sea, and their miraculous rescue. In the beginning of the book he speaks of the degrees attained by himself and his ten siblings, people who could not speak a single word of English when they arrived and were painfully trying to adjust to a culture which bore little if any similarity to their own. But their love of education shines out, their parent's refusal to accept mediocrity because they wanted a better life for their children than they had and they recognized and pushed their offspring to accept the opportunities before them.This is a great book, absorbing and never dull. I should add it is written with a wonderful sense of humor. Except for the part when they were at sea, I chuckled all through the rest of it. Dr. Chung has a great way of laughing at himself. I truly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it. 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