The Resource We Are Here
We Are Here
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The item We Are Here represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item We Are Here represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Told through the bright and unflinching eyes of Cat Thao, a girl born in a refugee camp, We Are Here is a memoir that begins in 1975 with her family's gripping exodus by foot out of post-war Vietnam - a dangerous journey, unimaginable to most, on which most perished. The escape of Cat Thao's family from persecution traverses the horrific jungles of Khmer Rouge Cambodia and into the crowded refugee camps of Thailand. From which, finally, the Nguyens were allowed to board a Qantas plane to a freedom they wanted desperately. But the stark, contrasting suburban landscapes of Western Sydney, Australia were not the unalloyed blessing they'd imagined. Against the backdrop of an immigrant experience, Cat Thao tells of her coming of age in Australia, haunted by lingering trauma but buoyed by instincts of hope, reinvention and survival. In a voice both candid and striking, Cat Thao details her struggles with growing up: from her bad skin and hairy legs, to Vietnamese mysticism and kinship, and bound throughout by familial loyalty and honour. With wit and poignancy, We Are Here explores an Australia of the 80s and 90s, and a family's tireless journey for peace through a young woman's absolute determination to find her place
- Language
- eng
- Isbn
- 9781743437315
- Label
- We Are Here
- Title
- We Are Here
- Statement of responsibility
- Cat Thao Nguyen
- Title variation
- We are here
- Title variation remainder
- my familys courageous journey to survive
- Subject
-
- trueLife stories -- Identity | Immigrants
- trueImmigrant families
- trueBelonging
- trueRefugees, Vietnamese
- trueNguyen, Cat Thao
- trueRefugee camps
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | War and oppression | Refugees
- trueSydney, New South Wales
- trueChildren of immigrants -- Biography
- trueGrowing up
- trueImmigrants, Vietnamese
- trueAustralia -- Immigration and emigration
- trueAustralian literature
- trueVietnamese in Australia
- truePrejudice
- trueLife stories -- Relationships | Growing up
- trueAutobiography
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Told through the bright and unflinching eyes of Cat Thao, a girl born in a refugee camp, We Are Here is a memoir that begins in 1975 with her family's gripping exodus by foot out of post-war Vietnam - a dangerous journey, unimaginable to most, on which most perished. The escape of Cat Thao's family from persecution traverses the horrific jungles of Khmer Rouge Cambodia and into the crowded refugee camps of Thailand. From which, finally, the Nguyens were allowed to board a Qantas plane to a freedom they wanted desperately. But the stark, contrasting suburban landscapes of Western Sydney, Australia were not the unalloyed blessing they'd imagined. Against the backdrop of an immigrant experience, Cat Thao tells of her coming of age in Australia, haunted by lingering trauma but buoyed by instincts of hope, reinvention and survival. In a voice both candid and striking, Cat Thao details her struggles with growing up: from her bad skin and hairy legs, to Vietnamese mysticism and kinship, and bound throughout by familial loyalty and honour. With wit and poignancy, We Are Here explores an Australia of the 80s and 90s, and a family's tireless journey for peace through a young woman's absolute determination to find her place
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10439694
- Cataloging source
- NOV
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nguyen, Cat Thao
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Autobiography
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- my family's courageous journey to survive
- Label
- We Are Here
- Control code
- BORROWBOX:AAU_102899
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
- Form of item
- electronic
- http://library.link/vocab/inputERC
- True
- Isbn
- 9781743437315
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Specific material designation
- optical disk
- Label
- We Are Here
- Control code
- BORROWBOX:AAU_102899
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm.
- Form of item
- electronic
- http://library.link/vocab/inputERC
- True
- Isbn
- 9781743437315
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Specific material designation
- optical disk
Subject
- trueAustralia -- Immigration and emigration
- trueAustralian literature
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueAutobiography
- trueBelonging
- trueChildren of immigrants -- Biography
- trueGrowing up
- trueImmigrant families
- trueImmigrants, Vietnamese
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | War and oppression | Refugees
- trueLife stories -- Identity | Immigrants
- trueLife stories -- Relationships | Growing up
- trueNguyen, Cat Thao
- truePrejudice
- trueRefugee camps
- trueRefugees, Vietnamese
- trueSydney, New South Wales
- trueVietnamese in Australia
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