The book is a prose collection looking back on the early years of the author in Vietnam, from which she took flight among the "boat people" of the 1970s era. Earlier I took another direction, but in the process — particularly after learning more about the author’s difficult life — this vision emerged. A personal response, and initially a bird alone, I added an ocean littoral to reinforce the relevance to the author’s lived experience. I wanted the image to evoke transformation and survival as much as displacement and loss. The bird is custom-made.
My second book contest.