The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir

One Hmong family's harrowing escape from war in Laos to the uncertainty of a new home as refugees in Minnesota.

Yang's award-winning memoir of her family's harrowing escape from war in Laos is a love letter to her grandmother, a troubling portrait of the consequences of US intervention in Southeast Asia, and a glimpse into the little-seen exodus of the Hmong people, first to refugee camps in Thailand and then, for many, to new homes in Minnesota.

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Published Apr 11, 2017

312 pages

Average rating: 7.85

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Ann Bredemeier
Oct 18, 2025
8/10 stars
Such an interesting book. So much history. What a journey for the Hmong families that relocated to Minnesota (US).

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