Rendezvous At The Altar: From Vietnam to Virginia

Inspired by the tales of four grandmothers - Thuan Le Elstons and her husbands - Rendezvous at the Altar: From Vietnam to Virginia traces Annes Southern upbringing to her Mad Men-like married life; Kims family as they survive French colonialism and the Vietnam War; Marys transformations through the Great Depression and two marriages; and Tys migration from Hanoi businesswoman to Arizona matriarch. Through a mothers journal to her children and the four grandmothers narrations that bridge punk band names to the Temple of Literature Elston compares gender roles parenting aging and dying in a multicultural family.