Butterfly Yellow

"Vietnam War refugee Hằng arrives in America determined to search for her stolen brother. She finds him with the help of a wannabe cowboy but realizes that their reunion is still out of reach. Butterfly Yellow is so vivid and specific in its details – the sharp tang of ginger quelling nausea on a hot bus, the scent of a horse’s coat, the feeling of cave insects burrowing into skin – but really, its power lies in its depiction of that universal hope of being able to find a new place to feel safe after everything has been torn apart."