Vietnam War – Reading While Fat

Wayward Girls

I was completely captivated by Wayward Girls (publication day July 15, 2025) by Susan Wiggs! It’s an epic story of friendship and survival despite the horrific conditions some girls in the United States were subjected to as recently as 50 or 60 years ago. As the book opens in 2020, we know that a fifty-yearContinue reading “Wayward Girls”

Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

Book cover for Slow Noodles by Chantha Nguon, featuring a black background and the title in red lettering. Around the cover different ingredients are silhouetted in cream, such as leeks, chilies, fish, eggplant, and thick noodles.

I listened to Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes by Chantha Nguon and Kim Green, upon the recommendation of a friend, and it was well worth reading, despite the sometimes difficult subject matter. Nguon, born in 1962 in Cambodia to an ethnically Vietnamese mother and Khmer father, had a happyContinue reading “Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes”