Title: The bride price
Description: "A principled decision brings unexpected consequences for a Hmong American woman struggling to reconcile the two cultures--and to be a good daughter while breaking the rules. When Mai Neng Moua decides to get married, her mother, a widow, wants the groom to follow Hmong custom and pay a bride price, which both honors the work the bride's family has done in raising a daughter and offers a promise of love and security from the groom's family. Mai Neng, who knows the pain this tradition has caused, says no. Her husband-to-be supports her choice. What happens next is devastating, and it raises questions about the very meaning of being Hmong in America."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Bride price, Social life and customs, Hmong Americans, Family, Hmong American women, Kidneys, Married people, Transplantation, Marriage customs and rites, Mothers and daughters, Children of immigrants, Biography, Asian americans, United states, social conditions, Moua, Mai Neng, 1974-, Yang, Blong -- Family, Hmong Americans -- Marriage customs and rites, Hmong American women -- Minnesota -- Biography, Hmong Americans -- Minnesota -- Social life and customs, Mothers and daughters -- Minnesota -- Biography, Children of immigrants -- Minnesota -- Biography, Married people -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- Biography, Kidneys -- Transplantation -- Biography
Places: Saint Paul, Minnesota
People: Mai Neng Moua (1974-), Blong Yang