Kien Nguyen

A "richly satisfying" epic of Asian history in the tradition of James Clavell (Newsday), from the bestselling author of The Tapestries.

Based loosely on the life of the author's grandfather, a professional embroiderer in the court of the last king of Vietnam in the early 1900s,…

Saigon fell to the Viet Cong on April 30, 1975. Kien Nguyen watched the last U.S. Army helicopter leave without him, without his brother, without…