✳ A BOOK BY CHI JADE TRAN
The summer I went to live
with myself again.
A quiet moment. A few pages. A little closer to yourself.
01 / THE BOOK
A literary collection of memoir and essays about returning—not to a place, but to oneself.
For readers drawn to literary memoir, reflective travel writing, and essays that explore the quiet beauty of ordinary life.
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A SMALL THOUGHT TO KEEP
“Perhaps the destination
you’re looking for
isn’t another place,
it’s belonging.”
— Chi Jade Tran
02 / THE AUTHOR
Born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Chi Jade Tran is a writer living in Spain. Her memoir and essays explore solitude, travel, memory, language, and belonging.
Meet the authorMORE FROM THE BOOKSHELF
BY CHI JADE TRAN
A memoir of love and loss
The book is a moving story about a young girl growing up in Vietnam during challenging times of her life. It shows us her journey and how her family's past, especially her bond with her grandfather, influences her life.
The story brings together her own experiences and those of her relatives and ancestors. The difficulties faced by her family, passed down from her grandfather to her dad, create an intermingled complex background for her own story.
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