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The Resource Where the wind leads : a memoir : a refugee family's miraculous story of loss, rescue, and redemption, Vinh Chung, with Tim Downs ; foreword by Richard Stearns, President, World Vision US

Where the wind leads : a memoir : a refugee family's miraculous story of loss, rescue, and redemption, Vinh Chung, with Tim Downs ; foreword by Richard Stearns, President, World Vision US

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Through a series of miraculous events, a Chinese family, living in Vietnam, joins the ranks of "boat people"and overcomes oppressive struggles to raise its children in the foreign culture of America. At three years of age Vinh Chung and his family of ten fled communist oppression in Vietnam. As legendary "boat people" they were attacked twice by Thai pirates and left for dead, adrift on the South China Sea. A World Vision mercy ship stumbled across them and rescued them, eventually relocating them to the tough frontier town of Fort Smith, Arkansas, where they faced poverty, ethnic discrimination, and an almost insurmountable language barrier. The Chung family's inspirational story, as told by Vinh Chung, offers fascinating insights into Asian traditions as it gives the account of three remarkable women who shaped the lives of Vinh and his father. From one dream and a series of providential encounters, to a life of perseverance, sacrifice, and a new faith in God, Vinh excelled and eventually graduated from Harvard Medical School. He and his siblings hold five master's degrees and five doctorates. This is Vinh's family's extraordinary journey
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Where the wind leads : a memoir : a refugee family's miraculous story of loss, rescue, and redemption
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Where the wind leads
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a memoir : a refugee family's miraculous story of loss, rescue, and redemption
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Vinh Chung, with Tim Downs ; foreword by Richard Stearns, President, World Vision US
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eng
Summary
Through a series of miraculous events, a Chinese family, living in Vietnam, joins the ranks of "boat people"and overcomes oppressive struggles to raise its children in the foreign culture of America. At three years of age Vinh Chung and his family of ten fled communist oppression in Vietnam. As legendary "boat people" they were attacked twice by Thai pirates and left for dead, adrift on the South China Sea. A World Vision mercy ship stumbled across them and rescued them, eventually relocating them to the tough frontier town of Fort Smith, Arkansas, where they faced poverty, ethnic discrimination, and an almost insurmountable language barrier. The Chung family's inspirational story, as told by Vinh Chung, offers fascinating insights into Asian traditions as it gives the account of three remarkable women who shaped the lives of Vinh and his father. From one dream and a series of providential encounters, to a life of perseverance, sacrifice, and a new faith in God, Vinh excelled and eventually graduated from Harvard Medical School. He and his siblings hold five master's degrees and five doctorates. This is Vinh's family's extraordinary journey
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TEFOD
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1975-
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Chung, Vinh
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920.0092951
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CT274.C496
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C58 2014ab
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  • autobiography
  • memoirs
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Read by Josh Aaron
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  • Downs, Tim
  • Aaron, Josh
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  • Chung, Vinh
  • Chung family
  • Chinese
  • Chinese Americans
  • Chinese
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Where the wind leads : a memoir : a refugee family's miraculous story of loss, rescue, and redemption, Vinh Chung, with Tim Downs ; foreword by Richard Stearns, President, World Vision US
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Unabridged.
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1 online resource (1 audio file (10 hr., 23 min., 32 sec.))
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9780849922787
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sound
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other
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610DEC4F-F2B3-4A35-9346-F076D483F625
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(OCoLC)879284827
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Where the wind leads : a memoir : a refugee family's miraculous story of loss, rescue, and redemption, Vinh Chung, with Tim Downs ; foreword by Richard Stearns, President, World Vision US
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Publication
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OverDrive Audiobook
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unknown
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unknown
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
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unknown
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spoken word
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  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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  • not applicable
  • unknown
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 audio file (10 hr., 23 min., 32 sec.))
File format
unknown
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online
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not applicable
Isbn
9780849922787
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not applicable
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not applicable
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unknown
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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not applicable
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unknown
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sound
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digital recording
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  • other
  • remote
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other
Stock number
610DEC4F-F2B3-4A35-9346-F076D483F625
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(OCoLC)879284827
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not applicable
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