RaveThe Star TribuneIt\'s a heavy topic. But author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai works wonders taking readers deep inside this undercovered part of the war\'s history ... A wonderful exercise in point-of-view storytelling. It follows three main characters, alternating between two periods in Vietnam ... Quế Mai\'s ability to plunge the reader into the perspective of a different character with each new chapter transforms Dust Child into a page-turner. The connections between the story\'s main players are slowly revealed, building to a powerful conclusion ... Quế Mai has given these characters — and the real people they represent — a bold voice. It\'s well worth listening to.
