In his second book, The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars (2008), Pham takes on his fathers. Pham's capture of the impact of power struggles on everyday people. Pham is an independent writer, journalist. The author rotates his father's life with recent events that brings a harrowing feel as the reader gains a sense of the outcome resulting from the years of turbulence. This is a fascinating biography that also serves as a deep look at the history of Viet Nam. because they are so good they make you despair that you could ever write so well yourself. Seattle Times There are some books that writers shouldn’t read. Over the years of war, famine and abuse, the family fortune vanished and consequently the life style. Pham has a novelist’s eye for telling details. As a child Thong lived an upper crust life being born to a wealthy family. At various periods in his life, he has worked as a technical writer, translator, internet startup founder, farmer, pizza chef, bungalow builder, small business owner, a. He is also an independent writer, journalist, restaurant critic, and former aircraft engineer. Pham provides the biography of his father Thong Van Pham, who lived through the three plus decades of war starting with the Japanese invasion of the French occupied region during WW II through the fight for independent from the French and finally the war over the South against the United States. Pham is the author of Catfish and Mandala and The Eaves of Heaven.
The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Warsįrom 1940 to 1976, Viet Nam was in a constant state of war that impacted the people.
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