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Index
Cover
Half-Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Prologue
Part One: May 10, 1979 Cholon, Vietnam
1 | The Last Meal
2 | My Baba
3 | My Wish
4 | Daigo and Dee Dee
5 | Surprise
6 | Ready
7 | The Jade Kwun Yum Pendant
8 | Departure
9 | The Raid
10 | Wanting to Go Home
11 | Patrol Boat?
12 | The Cabin
13 | I Am So Sick
14 | Looking for Loved Ones
15 | Breakfast
16 | United
17 | Daigo’s Fate
18 | They Break Their Promise
19 | South China Sea
20 | Searching
21 | A Good Luck Sign
22 | Pirates
23 | The Real Pirates
24 | Our Boat Will Sink
25 | Someone Shouts from Above
26 | Minding
27 | The Dead Body
28 | So Quiet, Like Death
29 | Land!
30 | Pirates Once Again
31 | Our Sincere Thanks
32 | Sailing to the Land
33 | The Outrage
Part Two: May 18, 1979 Somewhere in Malaysia
34 | The Morning of the Eighth Day
35 | The Horror
36 | The Rescue
37 | My Decision
38 | Ending Seven Days on the Water
39 | Investigation
40 | The Evidence
41 | The Warning
42 | The Salty Rice
43 | Water
44 | The First Night
45 | The Red Cross, Our Savior
46 | Going to A Refugee Camp
47 | The Place We Are Going to Settle
48 | House Without Walls
49 | Getting Information
50 | The Stinky Latrines
51 | The Fresh, Cold Well Water
52 | The First Night Sleeping in Our House
53 | The Cry
54 | The Herbal Doctor
55 | Dee Dee’s Condition
56 | The Necessities
57 | Our First Cooked Meal
58 | Life in the Temporary Camp
59 | Leeches
60 | Uncle Making Friends
61 | Auntie Making Friends
62 | Dao and I Making Friends
63 | Dee Dee, Nam, and Their New Friends
64 | Sharing Our Dream
65 | The Bad News and Good News
66 | Uncle’s Plan
67 | The English Lesson
68 | To Uncle’s Surprise
69 | The Firewood
70 | Uncle’s Break
71 | Dao’s Secret
72 | A Sudden Strike
73 | Dao
74 | I Am Mad at Myself
75 | Nothing Comes Out
76 | The Grief
77 | Three Groups
78 | Goodbye, Dao
79 | Waiting
80 | Boarding the Bus
81 | Dee Dee
82 | The Unknown
Part Three: June 11, 1979 South China Sea
83 | Toward the Open Sea
84 | Water
85 | The Nightmare
86 | Inside the Cabin
87 | Drifting
88 | We See Light
89 | Towing Again
90 | Their Spirits Are High
91 | Relaxed
92 | Middle of Nowhere
93 | The Broken Compass
94 | The Old Lady in Black
95 | Auntie
96 | Uncle’s Words
97 | A Small Leaf
98 | On the Fifth Day at Sea
99 | Dee Dee’s Question
100 | On the Morning of the Sixth Day
101 | The Burden
102 | I Am Beaten
103 | At Dusk on the Sixth Day
104 | Except for Me!
105 | The Russian Ship
106 | I Can’t Believe It!
107 | No Longer a Pile of Dead Fish
108 | Hooray!
109 | Goodbye, Kindhearted Russian Captain
Part Four: June 19, 1979 Indonesia
110 | Toward Indonesia
111 | Separating?
112 | The Housing
113 | My Reward
114 | The Last Thing I Want to Do
115 | Where Are My Friends?
116 | Drinking Water
117 | An Epidemic Breaks Out
118 | Mourning Auntie
119 | Concern
120 | Making New Friends
121 | Waiting to Be Interviewed
122 | Our Names Are Called
123 | The Interview
124 | Uncle and Nam Are Interviewed
125 | On Our Own
126 | Just in Case
127 | Goodbye, Uncle; Goodbye, Nam
128 | No One There
129 | The New Camp
130 | Mr. and Mrs. Pham
131 | Like a Village
132 | United with My Cousin
133 | Living with Cousin Tam
134 | Restless
135 | On My Birthday
136 | Letter from Baba
137 | My Appreciation
138 | The Lessons Continue
139 | Uncle’s Students
140 | Uncle Heals Himself by Helping Others
141 | The Farewell Meal
142 | Telling Dao
143 | Farewell
144 | The Journey
145 | I Am No Longer an Orphan
Epilogue
Glossary
Acknowledgments
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