The Strength of Water: An Asian American Coming of Age Memoir 51 only to reemerge in India

only to reemerge in India weeks later to set up a government in exile

One of the unique features of this book is its focus on the ""living school of thought"" in Chinese philosophy

被大小監獄囚錮之時，何嘗不是我們情緒最敏感、最豐富的時候：憤怒時暴露出尖銳的牙齒；恐懼時瞪大茫然的眼睛；緊張時口鼻急速的喘息；痛苦時肌肉的繃緊痙攣；饑餓時腸胃轆轆的絞動，以致亢奮時不可遏止的慾望。總之，囚錮的是身體，囚錮不了的是情緒。

Born in war-ravaged Vietnam

For its part

The Strength of Water: An Asian American Coming of Age Memoir 51 only to reemerge in India"Water is fluid, soft, yielding. But water will wear away rock what is soft is strong." Lao Tzu In 1920s Detroit, King Ying lives in a small apartment behind her parents' laundry business, where she stands on a box to iron clothes, endures taunts of "Ching Ching Chinaman" on the playground, and tries to reconcile what passes for normal in Jazz Age America with her father's vastly different cultural values. She dreams of a real home, the elegance of