My Documents opens with Ursula spending time on the phone with her Vietnamese grandmother, listening to her life story and writing it down. She learns about her grandmother’s life in Saigon, and the story of her fleeing to America. Have you had the opportunity to listen to any of your elders’ stories? If so, what did you learn and how did it make you fe…
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