My Documents: A Novel
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My Documents: A Novel. Format : Hardcover. Ursula, Alvin, Jen, and Duncan are cousins who grew up together in the sprawling Nguyen family. Publication Date : 2025. Language : English. The paths of four family members diverge drastically when the U.S. government begins detaining Vietnamese Americans, in this compelling and thought-provoking novel that serves as a mirror to our contemporary moral squalor. Praised as a “rich, gripping novel,” it offers a powerful exploration of race, identity, and resilience in America. Ursula, Alvin, Jen, and Duncan are cousins who grew up together in the sprawling Nguyen family. As young adults, they stand on the brink of new ventures: Ursula as a budding journalist in Manhattan, Alvin working as an engineering intern for Google, Jen as a naïve freshman at NYU, and Duncan as a promising newcomer on his high school football team. Their lives are suddenly upended when a series of violent, senseless attacks across America sparks a national panic, leading the government to implement a policy that detains Vietnamese Americans in internment camps. Jen and Duncan are sent with their mother to Camp Tacoma, while Ursula and Alvin receive exemptions. Cut off entirely from the outside world and forced to work jobs they despise, Jen and Duncan endure long, dusty days in camp and struggle to adapt to life without internet access. Their situation becomes even more dire until Jen discovers a way to send messages beyond the camp’s confines. Her first instinct is to reach out to Ursula, who recognizes this connection as an opportunity to expose the horrors of camp life—and to advance her own reporting career in the process. Informed by real-life events—from Japanese internment to the Vietnam War and modern-day immigrant detention—Kevin Nguyen’s novel offers a nuanced and visceral portrayal of a reality only a few degrees removed from our own. Moving and finely attuned to both the brutalities and mundanities of racism, Mỹ Documents is a strangely funny and touching portrait of American ambition, fear, and family. The story of the Nguyens is one of resilience, illustrating how we return to one another and to ourselves after tragedy. Author : Kevin Nguyen Genre : Fiction, Literary Fiction, Satire, Asian American Fiction Format : Hardcover Language : English Publication Date : 2025 Pages : 352 Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers / One World Subject Keywords : Family, Relationships, Race, Community, Discrimination, Immigration, Identity, Summer Reading
