Inspired by the tales of four grandmothers - Thuan Le Elston \'s and her husband\'s - Rendezvous at the Altar: From Vietnam to Virginia traces Anne\'s Southern upbringing to her Mad Men-like married life
Kim\'s family as they survive French colonialism and the Vietnam War
Mary\'s transformations through the Great Depression and two marriages; and Ty\'s migration From Hanoi businesswoman to Arizona matriarch.
Through a mother\'s journal to her children and the four grandmothers\' narrations that bridge punk band names to the Temple of Literature, Elston compares gender roles, parenting, aging, and dying in a multicultural family..
Inspired by the tales of four grandmothers - Thuan Le Elston \'s and her husband\'s - Rendezvous at the Altar: From Vietnam to Virginia traces Anne\'s Southern upbringing to her Mad Men-like married life
Kim\'s family as they survive French colonialism and the Vietnam War
Mary\'s transformations through the Great Depression and two marriages; and Ty\'s migration From Hanoi businesswoman to Arizona matriarch
