I Love Yous Are for White People

I Love Yous Are for White People

Rating:  I Love Yous Are for White People, by Lac Su. Harper Perennial (2009), 249 pages. Lac Su has a compelling story to tell in this memoir: As a five-year-old he escaped Vietnam under gunfire with his parents and little sister, they began life in America...
Strength in What Remains

Strength in What Remains

Rating:  Strength in What Remains, by Tracy Kidder.  Random House (2009), 277 pages. Kidder tells the story in Strength in What Remains of Deo, a young man from Burundi who survives the Hutu/Tutsi massacres in 1994 and arrives in New York City with only...