"The multigenerational tale of the Trãàn family, set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Trãàn Diòu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North. Years later in Hà Nòôi, her young granddaughter, H½¼ng, comes of age as her parents and uncles head off down the Háô Chí Minh Trail to fight in a conflict that will tear not just her beloved country but her family apart"-- Provided by publisher.