Our Comments on a Notable Narrative
A Desperate Mother Ignores the Odds
Author:
Staff of the Los Angeles Times
Source:
Los Angeles Times
Date:
12/19/2006
Format:
Long feature
 

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A Vietnamese woman travels across the globe to the U.S. and searches for her wayward son. We readers want to know: Will she find him?

This story was reported and written by Christopher Goffard and Mai Tran. It is a complete narrative about a woman on a quest who achieves resolution -- albeit a sad, not entirely satisfying one. The piece contains not a single quote nor any dialogue, which makes it more writerly: We readers feel we're in the hands of good storytellers, who guide us through the tale with purpose, direction.

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