Where Do Mothers Go

With a dazzling voice and finely wrought imagery, Huyền Trân deftly renovates the complicated retelling of an enduring family history. Constructed from an archive of deep pathos, Trân’s memoir excavates a mother’s survival of the Vietnam War and hardships endured through geographical displacement, while simultaneously offering us a resonating portrait of a daughter’s love. Stylistically and thematically, this is an astonishing work innovative in form and memory by a writer to watch.