The Latehomecomer Reading Notes
Genre
The Latehomecomer is a memoir, not a novel (memoirs are non-fiction, novels are fiction). The memoir is divided into four parts, and below is my take on the genre of each of the parts:
| Part | Genre (what you should expect) | Other Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Part I, "People of the Sky" | Adventure story | Swiss Family Robinson, The Sound of Music (the end) |
| Part II, "The Little Girl with Dimples" | Refugee camp story | |
| Part III, "The American Years" | Immigrant coming of age (girl) | Stealing Buddha's Dinner (contrast: Bich Minh Nguyen's mother and grandmother not present) |
| Part IV, "The Latehomecomer" | Biography of grandmother | "For the Women" |