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The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood by Kien Nguyen recounts his nearly two decades in South Vietnam during and after the Vietnam War as his family faces growing peril under the Communist regime due to their ties with American capitalists. The memoir details Nguyen's early childhood memories, the loss of financial stability, constant harassment from Communist administrators, and his eventual success in obtaining refugee status for his family to move to America. Some content involves harassment, abuse, and discrimination.