Although their languages are drastically different, LeeRoy can understand her way of speaking and is patient and kind. He is following around his favorite country singer, when he gets roped into helping Hằng find her brother. It has taken too many years, but finally, since landing here yesterday, the two of them are enveloped in the same landscape and the same heat.”Īlong the way to Amarillo, she meets LeeRoy, a young man her age who has left home to pursue his dream to become a cowboy. Hằng never would have crossed the sea on a rotting fishing boat if he weren’t waiting for her. Grandmother gone, Father gone, Mother gone. “Her brother is the only person left from her youth. Grueling travel, the language barrier, and cultural differences all challenged Hằng, yet she remained determined. After spending time in a refugee camp, Hằng made the difficult journey to Texas, alone, to find her beloved sibling.
She and her grandmother spent the next six years worried about his safety, wondering about his life and planning for their reunion. When Hằng was twelve, her five year old brother, Linh, was taken away as part of Operation Baby Lift and sent to the United States at the end of the Vietnam War.
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