Reading Notes, week 12, Vietnam Easy

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Vietnam Easy by Trami Craun 
Chinese women in L.A. not feeling as she belongs. 
She looks around and no one is like her, she feels out of place and as if she does not belong.
She is trying out for a cooking show and notices the common Chinese appearance. 
We are shown through a silly conversation with Tramis grandmother about the appearance of her bodies compared to her mothers that their culture is taught to respect each other, especially one's elders. In this particular situation silence would be seen as disrespectful but also the wrong answer would not be accepted either.
Trami also discusses the relationship between her and her husband and while their relationship seems strong we see that it is part of there culture to yet still be distant and not pay much attention to one another. 
Trami is trying to get her own cooking show and as she is waiting to be called in she notices each person has something unique and striking about them and at the moment she feels like she is ordinary. 
The success of Chinese women is rare and not common especially in the television world and as Trami is reflecting on it she can only think of one other. 

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