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This novelist's family fled Laos and she ended up in Minnesota

News & Record Life

Jan 28, 2026

V. T. Bidania describes her family as "pretty private" and "shy" but they better get used to attention because they're the stars of her new book. "I didn't want to write about them…

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This novelist's family fled Laos and she ended up in Minnesota

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