Starting in 1975, Vietnam’s “boat people” fled the Communist government and violence in their country any way they could, usually by boat across the South China Sea. Vicky Nguyen and her family were among them. Attacked at sea by pirates before reaching a refugee camp in Malaysia, Vicky’s family survived on rations and waited months until they were sponsored to go to America. But deciding to leave and start a new life in a new country is half the story...figuring out how to be American is the other. BOAT BABY is Vicky’s memoir of growing up in America with unconventional Vietnamese parents who didn’t always know how to bridge the cultural gaps.Vicky’s parents taught her to be gritty and resilient, skills Vicky used as she combatted stereotyping throughout her career to become a leading Asian American journalist on television.