7/4/2023 0 Comments The happiest refugee a memoir![]() ![]() ![]() His multiple talents include comedy, acting, writing, and art. Although estranged from his father for much of his childhood, Anh inherits from him a sense of ambition and courage that lead him to success as a comedian and, eventually, a television celebrity. He also feels a deep sense of responsibility towards his younger siblings and his mother, whom he helps support. Throughout his adolescence, he comes up with novel ways of making money-by breeding and selling fish, for instance-and manages to do well in school in spite of not being able to afford basic necessities such as books. ![]() And yet, Anh proves to be creative, resilient, clever and hardworking. Most notably, he must struggle with poverty after he, his mother, his brother Khoa and his sister Tram are abandoned by his father. Anh faces many obstacles as a boy and then an adolescent in Sydney, the city where the family settles. The author and narrator of The Happiest Refugee, a memoir of his life, in which he recounts the story of his family’s treacherous escape from their native country of Vietnam to Australia shortly after the end of the Vietnam War. ![]()
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