“Animation-style drawings by Oswald (Sleepy Sheepy), both sympathetic and funny about Cranky’s dark mood, prove a sprightly accompaniment to punny text by Tran (Sigh, Gone, for adults)”
Cranky: “Kids will come for the construction vehicles and leave with some social-emotional skills.”
Every summer, Read ME gets Maine adults all reading two books recommended by a well-known Maine author. This coming summer, recommending author Christina Baker Kline has chosen Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran and Beneficence by Meredith Hall.
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This is a writer who loves language, and whose keen sense of observation lends a great deal of humor in the layers…
Featured Debut: “[A] stunning memoir… Read this book; it’s an important story of immigration, America, and the disconnect between generations, cultures, and how to find connection.”
“Sigh, Gone is more likely to launch a broken down kid on a mission to read 150 great books—for free, at the local library.”
“(An) affecting, deeply felt memoir… a compelling story of an outsider discovering himself and a world where he fit in.”
“Funny, poignant, and unsparing, Tran’s sharp, sensitive, punk-inflected memoir presents one immigrant’s quest for self-acceptance through the lens of American and European literary classics.”
“Filled with euphoric flights of discovery, this complex and rewarding story of a book-enriched life vividly illustrates how literature can serve as a window to a new life.”
