Tag: Wendy Law-Yone

August 8, 2014

Househunting in the Homeland — Part 2 of an essay by Wendy Law-Yone, author of "A Daughter's Memoir of Burma"

“It struck me for the first time how stable, how fixed was the life of a dictator…. He was the immovable, centrifugal force that had sent thousands of Burmese citizens spinning out into the troposphere of permanent displacement.”—Wendy Law-Yone The...

August 7, 2014

Househunting in the Homeland — An Essay by Wendy Law-Yone, author of "A Daughter's Memoir of Burma"

The following post is part 1 of an essay by Wendy Law-Yone, author of A Daughter’s Memoir of Burma. For more on the book, you can also read our

August 6, 2014

An Interview with Wendy Law-Yone, author of "A Daughter's Memoir of Burma"

The following is an interview with Wendy Law-Yone, author of A Daughter’s Memoir of Burma: Question: Why did you decide to write a memoir of your father’s life as opposed to a more conventional biography? Wendy Law-Yone: A conventional biography...

August 5, 2014

Video: Wendy Law-Yone Discusses "A Daughter's Memoir of Burma"

In the following video, Wendy Law-Yone discusses her new book A Daughter’s Memoir of Burma at the Frontline Club in London. (Please note, the British title for her book is Golden Parasol: A Daughter’s Memoir of Burma):

July 8, 2014

New Book Tuesday: Roberto Bolano and A Daughter's Memoir of Burma

Our weekly list of new titles now available: Roberto Bolaño’s Fiction: An Expanding Universe Chris Andrews A Daughter’s Memoir of Burma Wendy Law-Yone