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The Latehomecomer is the best story I ever read. The author is a good writer with words that connects images, emotion, and spirit in a way that keeps the reader still read. When I read this, I observed my own thoughts and emotions while reading through The Latehomecomer. The Latehomecomer was a book or story about a young girl named Yang who is an immigrant and who has been in America for ten years living with poor resources. She tells the story in a way I as a reader enjoy.
The latehomecomer was about Kao Kalia Yang and her family from their beginnings in the jungles of Laos, their years in Thai refugee camps, and their eventual immigration to the United States. The Latehomecomer is an engaging, poignant memoir about a family’s experiences

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