Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

My Journey from Saigon to Ottawa: A Vietnamese Girl's Story
My Journey from Saigon to Ottawa: A Vietnamese Girl's Story
My Journey from Saigon to Ottawa: A Vietnamese Girl's Story
Ebook311 pages4 hours

My Journey from Saigon to Ottawa: A Vietnamese Girl's Story

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

I always had felt the deep desire to write about my unusual journey from Saigon to Ottawa, which occurred during the first thirty-four years of my existence.

My story is a story of faith as I converted to the Roman Catholic faith in 1962 in Belgium.

As a witness of Vietnam history thanks to my family whose many members and friends h

LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 30, 2022
ISBN9798886400458
My Journey from Saigon to Ottawa: A Vietnamese Girl's Story
Author

Alice Swann

Alice Le Dung Nguyen Swann was born in Saigon in 1941, during the Second World War. She witnessed the Indochina War and the Vietnam War, and her story is intertwined with the history of Vietnam.While a student in Belgium, she converted to the Roman Catholic faith. She graduated from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) in 1964 and began her career in 1965 at the Embassy of the Republic of Vietnam in Rome, Italy. Afterward, she was posted in Geneva at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Vietnam to the United Nations and its specialized agencies. In 1972, she published her first book in French, Le Pome du Vietnam, and became a member of ADELF (Association des ecrivains de langue francaise) (French Language Writers Association). Paris, France In 1975, she immigrated to Canada, and she became a Canadian citizen in 1978. She married Julian Swann in June of 1978. As was the case with many other Vietnamese families, her parents, brothers, sisters, cousins, and friends were not spared the sorrows of war.

Related to My Journey from Saigon to Ottawa

Related ebooks

Biography & Memoir For You

View More

Related articles

Related categories

Reviews for My Journey from Saigon to Ottawa

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    My Journey from Saigon to Ottawa - Alice Swann

    (ebook_preview_excerpt.html}ےFa2˪MH2UE"&ْE.L=f`Z_}ɞ fUe?yv}֛>g޿]!k}<(Lw<{Ƶ}WY ]&>[z\մr_,-6[WwU{_d}}Vy|om|m""[ل|KCJė>ۈx[7q]Qm.ĚZ~5ò ]7}g} m+mءDqI y;wyZG b\zos"䴋M,cb( 5f閥hJ囯=9{ûgw>8{/욇g;?˳'?^rs7((b_*Y?}U}2sE O.cݻPc㶐8toPCdr'2[Q77g9l}\vYnE~={wp]_d޽{/y{g<}>-a]Vm̀߬=AUvץ }|_=oU!1ۿ;_d!oaخ.{g{O߇aR z#2ʄ|շgoiA"bٝ^u; }vn]rn`e1~(qæ Z컬~v{|6p*ƥkzgWo{ۮ`KWp Ip+0ݕѧMw/֕:>>}vɼwaW>9SlKի?PCMpӇ{/ŕ.`Oeg8? mwA::Ųut5Oݟ}_Gwp^'ˮMV}E}e_>d<,{e(w^|чYy7Wk)k,tʅ{WpTu1TS:X2gkʹW%}f-CIl۫~#{=EK('vocBp\lj Hwj S:h8ԗКzr Iֽ4לqk@7#VzR [j>'(>떣S\w@XHf8E9|nKa@hY 塪&|ċAqf& \|PܨKDo}|~U`0?wZ;4@p4P~o Ȏ5("nܵ'C2񖐦3œC^"g}C2 װk(rc[ ڨC?D: (QK^Sdb =SWU֊(Q2rzgjs u(v4c-~Q:8(-Bvm@Y 1L6I= 17g/#37ҦI>jn}|1X{Y5916 [mObd p }ҦժUEWh% y񠚋ʅ_ҴH `#άDѦۉѩU{lfA6p/P0wVԞ)#wHtvhz@ώWHʸe,d$^ɉaB!C)}832 (ő.ȹEAf9FWO\﫬(hBOcu\ aTbϫ+1c L Fn{3aPoŗVɸB ["Ġ=\CGymdy ;;uyYO5uFߩ-#qEzP2Hf(D 켈LdcOjLlJؑG|tW$į믶K~]*B n 9{c=,(P2Ҫ{|]aYnպ ;Y}A9@ ga % p ՠBU )rF0̥&VJ.pHS׵m=24lm=$Pw'[b7#e\ŲPѷNI((7;݋6rE#pe?aHg[Qn<_3+C< Řo.kRs *L$TD:s<`w{vޕ=o1{sm!bk2jV޸!O,7};KRm/0fy"6*2$edYCg*CUmt^uMO-.ȵ,S$_,z0" } ҈‡asf0F.%vv1G}3E'cQB(lT+ՕnzAh$b)70BŨ\}#X 3 j1p5f5rn?Aqz?oi%3L独컐ӫ~&F'C+1N6~KՕtAVq"P}\”*жЏd9~!ڟ( : d"_Euf+ :Wk= w1u2E L< .EFd { ŝW%O@3n9TiNpYn-U)&vJGQ cB/V;z (|mvL/B,-uhKJ5]IuXCŠen̯oʽu_% 9`=-=:@|)EWU5jcP,)4maco»)mwU2%6kutT 0k?udtmW֝f)J~Ll-ӏ~ֱ#^4!5`%e J[\5YW4- -Z2Oߟ}3feY#u ! QN:Hxύk6^/o5 Ц5c.M)wC(AvU+N< VMffr,/`5C=4,eY Sᬂ/icڨՌqdŢ0d̠tqLqOk4[@2->ISEQX<[:1O>kk֟ 1<*NSWLf?vպe!pus mOF{JofL,p' EBp&yԴ&KMκ݊YkpL Ͽ@![Дч Ab7V i9Uc60paP{ ^.}|K%%EvKled ʊw% n$.5a5E@\nXX}2L9]m07Cp \ibZd _@G'b>Bf3*^?R"ijgRji ,F'\!m)6{FV+ʓFw$6F Ch+qP&zl$ XP.Cͷ!V9d4w&Ca(dpsx`F;kUb6(ifie8!*288Q~m^IzvSMʭGY pBaM]jdu q4c HrE0NHfX:rI2 "uĆ\mqDΣtҨnHO%9bόin׎PMpK |^*a&zdo'RJI%dƞ7yFօYTx| 3!˹vAlGZόkI@&9*v' yemT G=Jf1VG*'3MP-+{^ *ig r 5Ko7ڈͿbNY~ncfRHV`,$PCsM뗆zV:ζXf1"2~ L}Zzׁ,V S)uܦR&.cKi"~_23*<[qGБ5[J+y. <Riw~b\;H`};19pJuPOiC pE1#u35C9d`D[`'m!) :HIX[19dA:&BT<`!͖pˑOKΊdcgi͘ ǵZW$ [cjHjxKұdUBj,򰯭 ﻴL)[1))-2j?mC:ey)d#MtB [KM, -ȵնmN\T I ) AKW gO`;>j>}uuT3S':JNu"B5IٞbY/#-Y/F Jː`5GKAj%k8%?@ZA{b=ܦ.M5z>&j` j3g$1>-\R^k&O.(KՏYR`X-q6]%x\9Y˺a)8t+*b#큚͟CS@p(7]TN|P#adE{R͆ߚDX;31*qH2,m9 !nkξU%>ʞP MNu3<#[=6:֩/a*곺3Rƽ8B#aHF#6ҀFY K7wY ?ғiq 069c:f$@B-逞$.xZMX7ir۽& |wY8hdaCҏ8c 緧OmB fR1M.dT`迗gOڑ)C e^`XyPE3M@>LfGJ=UA[Ĩ5d0_F8wC tfq~joJ^@ ۘ-7 yMdJZxx)ٕC!FMjgԘKJU1aNd={)t5k#ӻ"׬x|_|mdE/%I__pXLeIgʫmD*WP~Վ59ԩIM+,u*WªXZep|PGsl$J쮕fkrYcW[IѼde "~S)ޏa[= XFJMSw~-u(s؎Ck)P,.7zUէb ~ZҙIf" +$vb,ȔL\`"E IvLd;]3څM<6C*tHvˮ~bV4bƳC)i) =vEXZ!O&rO/ ޏ)0E JLpy\ufwXJLynxj ov'>_Н'g_/r͇T9@Қl1)Q>Ջ5Yz]0WZ*&U^p #.␱K%E#u~·b%J%?b+}Q)>-h_N`J:E߽X[Ga W;ʏPq=Qr*Π#ל|sY=r7u8Iv5i@T)*@=juPy PȦ [-NH@f,~JK^+bX4(uL6)m~oB#dT\G9hrKg?GaQz!|Mf L"?qbew~POܱEZRH.Yʢ}Q]x>¦>ݤ~,JL ءRNډ1Oӎ RZCmfҍLy9Ocv6Tx"e{,yWڄ ]Ze.ظ#tH]T\4PA?0O:'",*;2mrȝP=Ύ>@QL,/:~'bn^)̓n1ILAR\.f c *75uv$|ppfZPZZ3|?x"bdϤhD\)cHp,Osr./^l@+`9'962V^jXH[$;d^#2f1vPf*bHQf(!w;,qGvR9B9P.zӥ4S}H}HɐGɋ$!Si"3@egHƘn:ܫx)Շr"l"1FRzkegf{ڼhj۱_OtRCOm Inq .B'cKt®ƒ;$RSKd3dqo4ҙ4q~HK@% ڠ?#ywI3n48IW^gYL8́)#M%&t_, <'sZ̎ ssJZcT$mW3j#T̗ɭǦYP̛ߐI4;c6dcljKg2RYWO34Ŷ钲 +W4l aUzx&tU/[m)py*HdRU}c1.51YHi{kclf-JY8K[U\ T]Nڻ0}.i S<:x& PIȒ)VTW3J.QΚdstQs~=!|hr8{KԡD @2KAty fE% Vk)9"mQO?ZXP _kXsfcj&~wu:bTkOڟsx A|FJmֻ#G,豈ºH̵웱Es Q$"i\` F`DR ; $t!Gӛ02v :{4g⺱}ZNbMgQ'[x!\Ŷf#M}\G<ȔUzGIS;;7r⚯P2V4f $7.) au*J O.HƬ.S}zfӥ50tThaCSκj-<@_'ah &TpЂxe˰̫:ˡcmPRJWGҀT_%φ7ߧ(886- i/-}"D ƺ:L~BNd|75\-4OpT~]xbdLi}ɓVMKfdnZn}塃:R5I^O p53e}@[g˒oa6=f03ሤ67n[2Jvfd9p$OcԘ.:=L zOAAhAM rkY V\aa7R,IYb?R?Y<՟g\NҰT2 A0?a-To( m>!w*umQ@?YkKQlR 2};~SdIp*jDZ剦vkĎy{0Mo}ϖ^O7N/LTNwlV,KZ (ke;0©Swto+=5w=7-`1HXlOђ0;pJH.RVkSK^dSuPUz&ǭO5p ȒʤM)1PwƢH}!d"OJc#P\6h)zWLG O/dxΞgbI1 6f+OE 6>̰_zWyF6,4~M:fOhafJMr@!dz^oY8{u/N}0GҍL1+ Fx,pA3 o>*C^U059#}WϷL Mb#Yd
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1