Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as a tremendous talent, Nguyen infuses her first novel with humor, compassion, and insight, as she explores the story of estranged sisters and the cultural and family history that binds them.

A powerful and wholly original American saga. "San Francisco Chronicle"
Bich Minh Nguyen s previous books the acclaimed memoir "Stealing Buddha s Dinner "and the American Book Award winning novel "Short Girls" established her talents as a writer of keen cultural observation. In "Pioneer Girl," Nguyen entwines the Asian American experience with the escapist pleasures of literature, in a dazzling mystery about the origins of Laura Ingalls Wilder s classic "Little House on the Prairie."
Lee Lien has long dodged her Vietnamese family s rigid expectations by immersing herself in books. But...