CONTENTS

Foreword by Richard Stearns

PART ONE

1. The Story Begins

2. A World on the Edge

3. A Handful of Rice

4. Building an Empire

5. The Prince of Bac Lieu

6. Assisted Marriage

7. The Dragon Lady

8. Deception

9. A Nation Falls

10. The Farm

11. Gathering Storm

12. Why Me?

13. No Turning Back

PART TWO

14. First Days at Sea

15. Pirates

16. One Man’s Burden

17. Land at Last

18. Blood on the Sand

19. Sheltering Angels

20. The Beach

21. Betrayed

22. Seasweep Sets Sail

23. Endless Sea

24. The Prayer

25. Rescue

26. Singapore Bound

27. 25 Hawkins Road

28. Across the Pacific

PART THREE

29. Waking Up in America

30. Allied Gardens

31. Starting School

32. Grand Avenue

33. The Factory

34. The American Dream

35. Peer Pressures

36. The Restaurant

37. Ghosts of the Past

38. Flying Blind

39. Aiming for the Stars

40. Boy Meets Girl

41. Special Good Friend

42. Harvard

43. Love Story

44. Cap and Gown

45. Giving Back

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Photos