Born in Saigon, Kim Thúy was ten years old when she arrived in Quebec and saw snow for the first time. Seamstress, interpreter, lawyer, restaurateur, TV guest chef—all were preludes to her work as a writer. Ru is her first book.
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Born in Saigon, Kim Thúy was ten years old when she arrived in Quebec and saw snow for the first time. Seamstress, interpreter, lawyer, restaurateur, TV guest chef—all were preludes to her work as a writer. Ru is her first book.