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THE LAST DAY TO RETURN SPRING TEXTBOOKS FOR A FULL REFUND WAS MONDAY, JANUARY 26th.
If you missed the last TEXTBOOK BUYBACK or didn't make a return before the last day, the next buyback will be:
May 8th - 9th, 11th - 15th across from the Bookstore
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LATEHOMECOMER
YANG
The Century College Common Book
In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to America. But lacking a written language of their own, the Hmong experience has been primarily recorded by others. Driven to tell her familys story after her grandmothers death, "The Latehomecomer" is Kao Kalia Yangs tribute to the remarkable woman whose spirit held them all together. It is also an eloquent, firsthand account of a people who have worked hard to make their voices heard.
Beginning in the 1970s, as the Hmong were being massacred for their collaboration with the United States during the Vietnam War, Yang recounts the harrowing story of her familys captivity, the daring rescue undertaken by her father and uncles, and their narrow escape into Thailand where Yang was born in the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp.
When she was six years old, Yangs family immigrated to America, and she evocatively captures the challenges of adapting to a new place and a new language. Through her words, the dreams, wisdom, and traditions passed down from her grandmother and shared by an entire community have finally found a voice.
Together with her sister, Kao Kalia Yang is the founder of a company dedicated to helping immigrants with writing, translating, and business services. A graduate of Carleton College and Columbia University, Yang has recently screened "The Place Where We Were Born," a film documenting the experiences of Hmong American refugees.
$6.30 - $8.40
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UPCOMING
BOOK BUYBACK
DATES & HOURS
May 2010:
7th thru 8th
and
10th thru 14th
Friday (7th) 8:30am-3:00pm
Saturday (8th) 8:30am-11:30am
Monday-Thursday 8:30am-7:00pm
Friday (14th) 8:30am-2:00pm
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