The bride price

By Mai Neng Moua

Subjects: Children of immigrants, Hmong Americans, Biography, Asian americans, Hmong Americans -- Marriage customs and rites, Hmong Americans -- Minnesota -- Social life and customs, Family, Hmong American women -- Minnesota -- Biography, Transplantation, Kidneys, Marriage customs and rites, Married people -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Biography, Yang, Blong -- Family, Moua, Mai Neng, 1974-, Kidneys -- Transplantation -- Biography, Mothers and daughters -- Minnesota -- Biography, Social life and customs, Married people, Bride price, Children of immigrants -- Minnesota -- Biography, Hmong American women, Mothers and daughters, United states, social conditions

Description: "A principled decision brings unexpected consequences for a Hmong American woman struggling to reconcile the two cultures--and to be a good daughter while breaking the rules. When Mai Neng Moua decides to get married, her mother, a widow, wants the groom to follow Hmong custom and pay a bride price, which both honors the work the bride's family has done in raising a daughter and offers a promise of love and security from the groom's family. Mai Neng, who knows the pain this tradition has caused, says no. Her husband-to-be supports her choice. What happens next is devastating, and it raises questions about the very meaning of being Hmong in America."--Provided by publisher.