01637cam a2200277 i 4500 434097633 TxAuBib 20200101120000.0 190716s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019030591 9781616208189 161620818X NIC/DLC eng rda DLC TxAuBib rda Nguyễn, Phan Quế Mai, 1973- The mountains sing : a novel / Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai. First edition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2020. pages cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The tallest mountains -- Red on the white grains -- The fortune teller -- Getting up and falling down again -- My gather's gift -- The land reform -- The journey south -- The walk -- My mother's secret -- The country bumpkin boy -- My Uncle Minh -- Facing the enemy -- My grandmother's songs. "The multigenerational tale of the Trà̂n family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trà̂n Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà Nội, her young granddaughter, Hương, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Hồ Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that will tear not just her beloved country but her family apart"-- Provided by publisher. 20200101. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Fiction.