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Bich Minh Nguyen

(1974) Novelist United States

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Bich Minh Nguyen is a novelist from the United States, best known for Short Girls.

Quick Facts About Bich Minh Nguyen

Born: January 1, 1974
Nationality: United States
Profession: Novelist
Notable works: Short Girls
Spouse: Porter Shreve

About Bich Minh Nguyen

Beth Minh Nguyen is an American novelist and nonfiction writer. She is the author of the novels Short Girls (2009), which won a 2010 American Book Award, and Pioneer Girl (2014). She has also written two memoirs, Stealing Buddha's Dinner (2008) and Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir (2023).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

American Book Awards Guggenheim Fellowship Indiana Authors Awards

Quotes by Bich Minh Nguyen

“If you want to rule your life with obligations to other people, that’s you.”

Bich Minh Nguyen

Life

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“When I stepped into the brown-tiled entryway of the Kentwood Public Library, the sunlight flowing down on me from the high windows,…

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Books

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“I looked back all the time, too much, too often. Like Rose, I would be circling my mother the rest of my…

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Life

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“Or like the way our mother would never get free of her first-generation immigrant mentality. Once in flight she was always in…

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Parenting

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I read to be alone. I read so as not to be alone.

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Books

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“Everyone is always leaving each other, chasing down the next seeming opportunity—home or body. Where does it stop? Does it ever? I…

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