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Paperback Edition
- 978-1-03-835879-0
- 5.5 x 8.5 inches
- Standard Color interior
- 72 pages
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Hardcover Edition
- 978-1-03-835880-6
- 5.5 x 8.5 inches
- Standard Color interior
- 72 pages
- Keywords
- Mother’s sacrifice,
- survival,
- postwar Vietnam,
- refugee,
- coming to Canada,
- love and betrayal,
- family legacy
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Carry Forward
Against the Tides
by
Truong Ly
On nights of flight, a mother pressed her son against her chest—through jungles, graves, oceans, and silence. She carried him beyond war and betrayal into a future she would never see for herself. Carry Forward is not only about escape from Vietnam. It is about sacrifice as inheritance, love as resistance, and the unseen weight every parent bears for their child. With lyrical precision and unflinching memory, Truong Ly offers a love letter to all who gave everything in silence—those whose stories are etched not in monuments, but in the children who lived because of them.
Truong Ly is a multidisciplinary creative visionary and first-generation Canadian. Born in Vietnam and raised in Ontario, he blends personal history with cinematic narrative to explore themes of resilience, inheritance, and love. Carry Forward is his debut memoir—a tribute to his mother and to all parents whose sacrifices shaped future generations. He lives in Canada with his wife and daughter, continuing to create at the intersection of design, philosophy, and storytelling.
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