Kim is 15; his father and step-mother have two buffalo, their lifeline as subsistence rice farmers. But when Long Ruoi's henchmen catch him in the act, he becomes entwined in their nefarious schemes and must choose between playing along and following his heart. This story begins with the origins of a blossoming friendship between two year-old girls. In an old house in Hanoi, Bi, a 6-year-old child lives with his parents, his aunt and their cook. Kien is a survivor of the Viet Nam war, a North Vietnamese survivor.
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