ISBN The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys book English Paperback 352 pages

“The book is informed by the Vietnamese immigrations of the nineteen–seventies but is filled with social observation of contemporary middle–class culture and indie sensibility . . . Quietly beautiful, Strom’s stories are hip without being ironic.” —The New Yorker

WhenThe Gentle Order of Girls and Boyswas first published in 2006, it was groundbreaking in its depiction of contemporary young Vietnamese women living in the United States, centering their ordinary lives as mothers, lovers, friends, and daughters against the backdrop of immigration and assimilation. Available now for the first time in paperback and featuring an introduction by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud and a new preface by the author,The Gentle Order of Girls and Boysis a beautifully written, psychologically astute foray into the rite of female passage.