Download or read book Pink Jade written by Jade Balden and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pink Jade is a touching and inspiring chronicle of a young Vietnamese girl and her familys life during the turmoil preceding and following the Vietnam War. It speaks to her journey to find peace and love after escaping the horrors of war-torn Vietnam. Sharing the trauma of forced displacement and the difficulties and uncertainty of what would come next, the author invites readers to walk with her as she and her family relocate her lost father and start a new life with a new direction.

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