"With almost plainsong dialogue and unornamented description that takes you straight to the troubled hearts of these people . . . Phan [builds] an unsentimental, profoundly persuasive portrait of ordinary people making the best of extraordinary, almost inexpressible tragedy."--Elle
"Remarkable . . . The stories are indelible yet float past you . . . many complicated issues are brought to life here."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Phan charts [these] journeys with acuity, sensitivity, [and] wisdom."--Los Angeles Times
"Phan accomplishes what only a true artist can: she gives voice to the voiceless and makes them speak for us all. This is a thrillingly important book."--Robert Olen Butler
"There is nothing more satisfying for readers than having an author take them to a place they think they know, and then showing them how very little they actually do."--Hartford Courant
