Montecito Journal | Life in the Mekong Delta

Erin Graffy de Garcia reviewed Catching Shrimp with Bare Hands in her “State Street Spin” column in the Montecito Journal. Here are some excerpts: “…an exquisitely researched and finely tuned memoir…” “Michelle has an uncanny gift for seeing the world right through the eyes of a bright kid….Her narrative never tries to ‘sound’ like a child, she…

Michelle Robin La and Luong La hold the Santa Barbara News-Press featuring Catching Shrimp with Bare Hands.

Santa-Barbara News-Press|Finally free

The Santa Barbara News-Press Books section featured Catching Shrimp with Bare Hands in “Finally free: New book details Santa Barbara man’s childhood in Vietnam during and after the war” on 17 April 2015. Alternately hopeful and sometimes heartbreaking, Michelle Robin La’s comprehensive 487-page debut is based on her husband’s childhood in his native country during and after the Vietnam War.…