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This luminous debut novel follows a young woman from her childhood in Vietnam to her life as an immigrant in the United States—and her necessary return to her homeland.
As a child, isolated from the world in a secretive military encampment with her distant mother, she turns for affection to a sympathetic soldier and to the only other girl in the camp, forming two friendships that will shape the rest of her life.
As a young adult in New York, cut off from her native country and haunted by the scars of her youth, she is still in search of a home. She falls in love with a married woman who is the image of her childhood friend, and follows strangers because they remind her of her soldier. When tragedy arises, she must return to Vietnam to confront the memories of her youth—and recover her identity.
An inspiring meditation on love, loss, and the presence of a past that never dies, If I Had Two Lives explores the ancient question: Do we value the people in our lives because of who they are, or because of what we need them to be?
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“At no point does Rosewood lose sight of the migrant—depicting the remoteness of anyone in transit. Because something is intrinsically lost. And someone is always left behind.”
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“A tale of staggering artistry, devastation, compassion, and social awareness.”
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“The novel poignantly conjures the difficulties of reconciling the present with ‘an ungraspable history.’”
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“A lyrical, exquisitely written novel that delves into ugliness in the most beautiful way.”
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“A poignant tale of loneliness and love.”
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“A harrowing, wondrously constructed story of how life is lived today.”
— Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author -
“A stunning, totally original tale by a master storyteller.”
— Yelena Akhtiorskaya, author of Panic in a Suitcase
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About Abbigail N. Rosewood
Abbigail N. Rosewood was born in Vietnam, where she lived until the age of twelve. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. An excerpt from her first novel won first place in the Writers Workshop of Asheville Literary Fiction Contest. She lives in New York.
About Emily Woo Zeller
Emily Woo Zeller is an artist, actor, dancer, choreographer, and voice artist who has won Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration in 2018. She began her voice-over career by voicing animation in Asia. AudioFile magazine named her one of the Best Voices of 2013 for her work in Gulp. Other awards include the 2009 Tristen Award for Best Actress as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and the 2006 Roselyn E. Schneider Prize for Creative Achievement.