{"product_id":"jasmine-in-gunsmoke-von-huynh-tan-hung","title":"Jasmine in Gunsmoke","description":"short story about Rajesh Patel in Saigon 1974, a tale of loneliness, desire, and loyalty in a city \non the brink of change. \nWritten by Huynh Tan Hung, April 2025. 50 years after the war's end. \n\nIt is a personal and honest story, born from my own life experience. I was adopted from Vietnam during the war in 1975, in connection with Operation Babylift, an American rescue mission during which over 3,000 children were flown out of the country. I was on the first plane that arrived in San Francisco on April 5, 1975, received by President Gerald Ford. I was named Bjorn (after Björn Borg the Swedish tennisplayer) as the only thing known at the time was that I was headed to Sweden.\nI grew up there without placing much focus on my origins. But after my divorce in my 40s, a need to understand my past was awakened. I took a DNA test and traveled back to Vietnam. The test revealed that I am half Vietnamese and half Indian. Through DNA matches, I have connected with relatives of my biological mother who now live in the USA, second cousins and cousins but no direct information about my biological parents.\nMy short story is a way to reach out to them, to write myself back into something I never truly got to be a part of. To find threads to my origins, to process and create meaning. It is a form of therapy, but also a story I believe can touch more people than just myself.\nThank you for taking the time to read it. I look forward to hearing your thoughts and hope that my story can find its way to a wider audience.\nWarm regards,\n\nHuynh Tan Hung\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9789180970617\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA short story about Rajesh Patel in Saigon 1974, a tale of loneliness, desire, and loyalty in a city on the brink of change.\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9789180970617","offer_id":54651741995333,"sku":"9789180970617","price":11.6,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/74bd6394-6497-47bc-9e68-c73a05f71c41.jpg?v=1780379027","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/jasmine-in-gunsmoke-von-huynh-tan-hung","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}