Ebook {Epub PDF} The House on Dream Street: Memoir of an American Woman in Vietnam by Dana Sachs

 · The House on Dream Street is a warm, witty portrait of a country on the cusp of change—and of a woman learning to know her own heart. “Engrossing Sachs bravely renders Vietnam through fresh eyes.”5/5(1). The House on Dream Street: Memoir of an American Woman in Vietnam (Adventura Books) Paperback – Bargain Price, September 4, by Dana Sachs (Author)/5(35).  · The House on Dream Street is a travel memoir recounting Sachs's repeated trips to North Vietnam over the course of two years. Sachs, an American journalist, impulsively drops her life in San Francisco for a new one in Hanoi. She settl/5.

The House on Dream Street: Memoir of an American Woman in Vietnam avg rating — ratings — published — 5 editions Want to Read saving. A "vividly detailed" memoir of traveling to the formerly forbidden country and exploring life and culture in Hanoi (Kirkus Reviews). For years after the Vietnam War, Americans were unable to visit the country, but once tourist visas became available, young Dana Sachs eagerly applied. Born in the early s, she had little memory of the war and. Jill B. Gidmark's 7 research works with 7 citations and 17 reads, including: The House on Dream Street: Memoir of an American Woman in Vietnam. By Dana Sachs. Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books.

Part love story, part social commentary, Sachs' memoir explores the tenuous balance between the old and new Vietnam. But above all, The House on Dream Street tells the story of a woman learning to know her own heart. memoir of an american woman in vietnam by Dana Sachs ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 8, An American journalist's low-key but affectionate account of her extended visits to Vietnam, beginning in the early s, that reflect more personal than political reactions to a country recovering from its war-torn past and tentatively embracing western culture. The House on Dream Street is a travel memoir recounting Sachs's repeated trips to North Vietnam over the course of two years. Sachs, an American journalist, impulsively drops her life in San Francisco for a new one in Hanoi.