"During the aftermath of the Vietnam War, Van wakes up one morning to find that her mother, her sisters Loan and Lan, and her brother Tuan are gone. They have escaped the new communist regime that has taken over Ho Chi Minh City for freedom in the West. Four-year-old Van is too young- and her grandmother is too old- for such a dangerous journey by boat, so the two have been left behind. Once settled in North America, her parents will eventually be...