So happiness to meet you

By Karin Esterhammer

Subjects: Americans, foreign countries, Americans -- Foreign countries, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) -- Description and travel, Vietnam, description and travel, Social life and customs, Vietnam -- Social life and customs, Description and travel, Vietnam, social life and customs, Americans, Ho chi minh city (vietnam)

Description: "After job losses, the author and her family start over in a most unlikely place: a 9-foot-wide back-alley house in one of Ho Chi Minh City's poorest districts, where neighbors unabashedly stare into windows, generously share their barbecued rat, keep cockroaches for luck, and ultimately help her find joy without Western trappings"--