Story Structure
history context
scenes where children were taken away
mom in pain
daughter wants to find mom
they recall the history
the day she was taken away
workers at the us orphanage
families being induced to give up cihldren: 家长被劝服的场景
said children would come back but didn’t; lied about airplane crush
adopted to new family
cat into washing machine
learn english
girl scout teacher
family and teachers make her american
her husband didn’t know she was vietnamese
racisicm;kkk
not supposed to talk abour origin ny her ado mom
mom misses her, wanted to go to us
a journalist’s friend interviewed the mom; she called the adoption agency
22 looking for mom
got her mail, picture
d went to vietnam
learn vietnamese: mom i love u
vietnam: streets
how she felt
tried outfits
[why 不接着讲，而是后面才讲见面？]
mom dreamed of daughter
daughter thought it would be healing
meeting at airport: tear and smile
go to their house
saw family pic
sister bro talking
heidi wants a loving mom
adpt mom
she was not close to her
adp beat her
breakup【！！！】
gift for her birth mom
how could i love a person i don’t know; but her birth mom said she loved her
meal
back to orignial place where she iived as a child
was not used to touch but all her relatives touched her
shock that family is close
father was in military and her husband
dad was american
mother’s husband joined the communist
[啥？？有俩男人？]
and he just left
she worked at the american base
He left four month before she knew she was pregnant
bro:I was miserable when Hiep was born
husband came back
war
Vietnam dad would have raised her up
can’t imagine life here
she felt grateful about her gave up her
sisters even didn’t go through 6th grade
her sister asked for help and money[!!!!]
Hiep thought her mom was kind and loving but also aggressive
she felt like she was the parent, mom was too close
but mom just wanted to be with her
买菜的分歧：一个想走一个想慢慢逛
meal cook
homesick of us
want to leave vietnam
departure
her bro wants her to take her mom to live with her in us and take care of her
wants her to support her mother
[!!!!]
if she wants to look for her father or not
back home
vietnamese family thought they only did what they needed to say: people who are better off should take care of the family
2 years later
But you [adp mom] are who I know【！！！】
she didn’t not contact her original family
I closed the door for them but I didn’t lock the doo
