The Search for A Place to Call Home
A new powerful work of fiction from a debut literary voice
This luminous debut novel, which has earned impressive early reviews from media including The New Yorker,
The Los Angeles Review of Books and Foreword Reviews, follows a young woman from her childhood in
Vietnam to her life as an immigrant in the United States – and the necessary return to her homeland.
The Los Angeles Review of Books and Foreword Reviews, follows a young woman from her childhood in
Vietnam to her life as an immigrant in the United States – and the necessary return to her homeland.
As a child, isolated from the world in a secretive military encampment with her distant mother, she turns
to a sympathetic soldier for affection and to the only other girl in the camp, forming two friendships that
will shape the rest of her life.
to a sympathetic soldier for affection and to the only other girl in the camp, forming two friendships that
will shape the rest of her life.
As a young adult in New York, cut off from her native country and haunted by the scars of her youth,
she is still in search of a home. She falls in love with a married woman who is the image of her childhood
friend, and follows strangers because they remind her of her soldier. When tragedy arises, she must return
to Vietnam to confront the memories of her youth – and recover her identity.
she is still in search of a home. She falls in love with a married woman who is the image of her childhood
friend, and follows strangers because they remind her of her soldier. When tragedy arises, she must return
to Vietnam to confront the memories of her youth – and recover her identity.
An inspiring meditation on love, loss, and the presence of a past that never dies, the novel explores
the ancient question: Do we value the people in our lives because of who they are, or because of what
we need them to be?
the ancient question: Do we value the people in our lives because of who they are, or because of what
we need them to be?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Abbigail N. Rosewood was born in Vietnam, where she lived until the age of twelve. She holds an MFA in
creative writing from Columbia University. An excerpt from her first novel won first place in the Writers
Workshop of Asheville Literary Fiction Contest. She lives in New York City.
creative writing from Columbia University. An excerpt from her first novel won first place in the Writers
Workshop of Asheville Literary Fiction Contest. She lives in New York City.
PRAISE
“With precision and dexterity, Rosewood has woven together a tale of staggering artistry, devastation,
compassion, and social awareness...[If I Had Two Lives] is a powerful work of fiction.” ―Ryan Smernoff,
The Los Angeles Review of Books
compassion, and social awareness...[If I Had Two Lives] is a powerful work of fiction.” ―Ryan Smernoff,
The Los Angeles Review of Books
“The novel poignantly conjures the difficulties of reconciling the present with 'an ungraspable history'.”
―The New Yorker
―The New Yorker
“Haunting and harrowing, If I Had Two Lives is told with beautiful perception and detail, offering a unique
view of late twentieth-century Vietnam and memories that continue to resonate, even in a new world.”
―Foreword Reviews (Starred Review)
view of late twentieth-century Vietnam and memories that continue to resonate, even in a new world.”
―Foreword Reviews (Starred Review)
“If I Had Two Lives is one of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory long after the
book itself is finished and set back upon the shelf.”―Midwest Book Review
book itself is finished and set back upon the shelf.”―Midwest Book Review
Book Details:
Publisher: Europa Editions
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781609455217
Author’s Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17732112.Abbigail_Rosewood
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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