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The Real Vietnam: Lullabies: The Verses Vietnamese Mothers Still Sing
Paperback
Fiction AnthologiesGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 20 2026
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.27 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Before the familiar lullabies - A father's devotion is like Mount Thái Sơn, The little stork went out to meet the coming rain - there's a question rarely asked: who first needed these words badly enough to keep them alive for generations?
The Real Vietnam: Lullabies gathers 18 short stories, each woven around a traditional Vietnamese lullaby or ca dao verse - from a father's boundless devotion, to a stork wading through the rain, a wooden bridge nailed down firm, and a gourd vine asked to cherish the squash vine on the same trellis. Behind every verse is an ordinary mother, father, or grandparent who borrowed old words to say something they didn't have the strength left to say freshly in their own.
This is not an academic study, but a collection of original fiction, written with deep respect for the songs that have followed Vietnamese families across generations and across the world - for anyone who once fell asleep to a lullaby they can no longer fully recall, but still remembers exactly how it felt.
The book closes with The Complete Verses, a quick-reference list of all 18 original ca dao with their English translations - handy for looking up a verse, or passing it on to the next generation.
Part of the The Real Vietnam series, alongside Legends, Trickster & Tall Tales, and Sidewalk Stories - each book opening a different window into Vietnamese culture through everyday life.
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