... Since the day the South was conquered by the communists, so many things happened in society as well as in every family. From the trick to lure the officers of the Republic of Vietnam into education camps, to the campaign against comprador-bourgeoisie, the currency revaluation and confiscation of private property, forced relocation of city dwellers to the new economic zones and compulsory labor in irrigation projects. But all these new drastic upheavals paled before the mass panic of people running here and there to find a way to escape the country. There was a popular saying that "If a lamp post could walk, it would also try to run away". So did everybody, including me, who was trapped for one reason or another
... My escape of Vietnam by sea route after the fall of South Vietnam to the communists was just like that of other boat people. It was a harrowing, costly experience with high risk of imprisonment if caught and death by drowning if not saved by God’s grace...
... Since the day the South was conquered by the communists, so many things happened in society as well as in every family. From the trick to lure the officers of the Republic of Vietnam into education camps, to the campaign against comprador-bourgeoisie, the currency revaluation and confiscation of private property, forced relocation of city dwellers to the new economic zones and compulsory labor in irrigation projects. But all these new drastic upheavals paled before the mass panic of people running here and there to find a way to escape the country. There was a popular saying that "If a lamp post could walk, it would also try to run away". So did everybody, including me, who was trapped for one reason or another
... My escape of Vietnam by sea route after the fall of South Vietnam to the communists was just like that of other boat people. It was a harrowing, costly experience with high risk of imprisonment if caught and death by drowning if not saved by God’s grace...
We still worship the sleeping fae, though their magic only remains within a few of us.Locked away for twelve years, Sabine Darrow's only friends are animals she communicates with using magic. Now,...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of...
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