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Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
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Author:
Chantha Nguon
Publisher:
Algonquin Books
Date:
February 20, 2024
A memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot's genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mother's kitchen.
What The Reviewers Say
Brutal though ultimately hopeful.
Slow Noodles is a heart-shattering read, illuminating the atrocities and cruelty of war but also the strength of those who live through it..
Lyrical, harrowing, and fiercely feminist.
The memoir stands out from among the many stories of flight from one’s native land..
