Author’s note: I have done my best to re-create the events and conversations related in this book, based upon my memory and conversations with several members of my friends and family. In some instances, however, I have compressed timelines, merged events, and omitted some details for the sake of efficiency. Other than my family members, most of the names of the children and teenagers (and a few of the adults) that appear in this book have been changed to protect their privacy.
SIGH, GONE. Copyright © 2020 by Phuc Tran. All rights reserved. For information, address Flatiron Books, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Tran, Phuc, 1974– author.
Title: Sigh, gone: a misfit’s memoir of great books, punk rock, and the fight to fit in / Phuc Tran.
Description: First edition | New York, NY: Flatiron Books, 2020.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019047906 | ISBN 9781250194718 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250194725 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Tran, Phuc, 1974– —Childhood and youth. | Tran, Phuc, 1974– —Books and reading. | Vietnamese Americans—Pennsylvania— Carlisle—Biography. | Immigrants—Pennsylvania—Carlisle—Biography. | Refugees—Vietnam—Ho Chi Minh City—Biography. | Racism—Pennsylvania—Carlisle—History—20th century. | Vietnam War, 1961–1975—Refugees. | Carlisle (Pa.)—Race relations— History—20th century.
Classification: LCC F159.C2
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019047906
eISBN 9781250194725
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First Edition: April 2020