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Khanh Ha

Khanh Ha

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Khanh Ha is the author of Flesh (Black Heron Press) and The Demon Who Peddled Longing (Underground Voices). He is a seven-time Pushcart nominee, a Best Indie Lit New England nominee, finalist to Mary McCarthy Prize (Sarabande Books), Many Voices Project (New Rivers Press), Prairie Schooner Book Prize (Prairie Schooner), a twice finalist of The William Faulkner-Wisdom Creative Writing Award, the recipient of SAND HILLS PRIZE FOR BEST FICTION, and Greensboro Review’s ROBERT WATSON LITERARY PRIZE IN FICTION. The Demon Who Peddled Longing was honored by Shelf Unbound as a Notable Indie Book. Ha studied Journalism at Ohio University and learned the craft of writing under Daniel Keyes (Flowers for Algernon). His new, highly acclaimed novel, Mrs. Rossi’s Dream, has been released in April of 2019 (The Permanent Press).

Commitment

Commitment

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<p>It’s hard to be committed to anyone when you don’t know whom to trust.</p><p>Alexis Toles, a former FBI agent turned undercover CIA agent, is quickly finding that out in Nancy Ann Healy’s newest political thriller, <i>Commitment</i>.</p><p>Alex embeds in a secret organization of intelligence operatives known as The Collaborative. Its partners include operatives from the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI, US Department of Defense, and an entanglement of foreign intelligence agencies.</p><p>It’s about half a year after the death of President John Merrow, a friend and someone she respected. But she remains committed to overthrowing The Collaborative as she works with a onetime adversary who believes the organization’s involved in the president’s death.</p><p>Meanwhile Alex; her wife, Cassidy O’Brien; and Cassidy’s son try hard to live as a family but must first overcome personal struggles, including a nasty custody battle with Cassidy’s ex-husband, Congressman Christopher O’Brien. The family has their own share of secrets that, if unleashed, could affect their hopes for the future.</p><p>There’s no place to turn without discovering people who are not who they claim to be. That can’t stop Alex. She must remain committed to the cause, both at home and as she works against The Collaborative.</p>

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Booklist Best New Book (March 2019)

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<h1 style="font-size:17px;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma;margin:0px 0px 8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);"><font color="#993366" size="2"><b>Mrs. Rossi’s Dream.</b></font></h1> <p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> </span><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold;">Ha, Khanh (author).</span></p> <p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Mar. 2019. 312p. Permanent Press, $29.95 </span><a href="http://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/9781579625689" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" title="Link to WorldCat and see if your local library has this book">(9781579625689)</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">. </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;" /><font color="#3366FF" style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">REVIEW. </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">First published </span><a style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">March 15, 2019 (<i>Booklist Starred Review</i>).</a></p> <div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;clear:both;padding-top:10px;"> </div> <p> </p> <p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Catherine Rossi’s dream, in 1987, is to find the remains of her son, Lieutenant Nicola Rossi, the only American unaccounted for after a deadly firefight in Vietnam in 1967. So she travels to the Mekong Delta with her daughter, Chi Lan, 18, adopted from a Catholic Vietnamese orphanage when she was five. At the small inn where the Rossis stay, employee Le Giang believes Mrs. Rossi’s quest is highly unlikely to be fulfilled, but he comes to treasure the companionship of Chi Lan. The narration alternates between the voices of Lieutenant Rossi in 1967 and Le Giang, in the present of 1987, a man born and conscripted in the north who defected to the army of the south, then was imprisoned for “reeducation” in the north for 10 years. Both men describe the horrors and deprivations of war, along with the bonds of fellowship forged, as well as the natural beauty and dangers of the country, on the way to a healing climax. Ha’s prose is so clear and vivid, whether describing a dying soldier’s wounds or local flora and fauna, and his message is so powerfully understated that this beautifully written novel should have a place alongside the best fiction of the Vietnam War.--Booklist (starred review)</p>