Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Books in Order

Presented in Vietnamese and English, this poetry collection reflects on lives shaped by war and its aftermath. The poems bring personal memory, family, and homeland into a conversation between cultures connected by a history of destruction.

Grandmother Diệu Lan and granddaughter Hương recount a Vietnamese family's upheavals across decades of land reform and war. Their intertwined perspectives follow separation, displacement, and survival, revealing how national conflict reshapes intimate bonds across generations.

Two Vietnamese sisters working in wartime Sài Gòn, an American veteran returning decades later, and an Amerasian man seeking his parents share connected histories. Their searches expose the enduring consequences of choices made during the Vietnam War.