Someone wants Thi dead, and she has no idea why, let alone who. What terrible secret lies behind the hatred that threatens to destroy her life?
Thi Nguyen is an Amerasian woman conceived in Vietnam in 1975 but born and educated in the United States. Protected from discrimination by her Cambodian mother, Diem, Thi knows nothing about her American father except that he died in combat. She is proud of her heritage. However, as the story unfolds, her charmed life is marred by her mother's secrets and the reality of a war that no one wants to remember. Though born an American citizen, Thi discovers that she is considered a Child of the Dust.