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What I Wish I Had Known About My Mother

What may feel like unrequited love between immigrant parents and their first-generation children is often rooted in misunderstandings. by Lan Nguyen Chaplin

April 8, 2022
Minji Moon

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My mom did the impossible. She fled Vietnam while pregnant with me and separated from my dad in the chaos. She was so strong-willed that without speaking any English, she brought all of her children to America safely, located my dad five years later, and was a master lie detector who kept her 14 kids in line.

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