{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Vicky Nguyen: Boat Baby","description":"    Vicky Nguyen joins Carol Fitzgerald to discuss her memoir, BOAT BABY, which is about her experience as a Vietnamese refugee who came to America as an eight-month-old &quot;boat baby&quot; in 1979. She talks about the challenges of growing up as a child of immigrants, navigating cultural differences, and her path to becoming an NBC News correspondent. The interview includes honest conversation about multi-generational living, parenting approaches across cultures, and the importance of maintaining immigrant values while assimilating. Vicky emphasizes how her parents' work ethic, optimism and risk-taking shaped her career and personal life. Here is a link to the \u201cToday\u201d show piece where Vicky and her family met up with the couple from Eugene, Oregon, who sponsored them when they came to America:  https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Uqc3jREhovE Our Latest \u201cBookreporter Talks To\u201d Interviews: Brisa Carleton:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/aE2cCH4oMsk Alex DeMille:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/EstkI7Caul8 Lily King:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/ir_IaUnaru4 Virginia Evans:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/6FtYT5KRW2Q Hank Phillippi Ryan:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/7O3gIC1IJN4 Sharon Kurtzman:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/CMCnGJitKMY Francesca Serritella:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/XmmvtzilXg0 Bruce Holsinger:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/KukE7DscmsY      Megan Abbott:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/IXRkJuh3_eU Our Latest \u201cBookaccino Live\u201d Book Group Events: Clare Leslie Hall: https:\/\/youtu.be\/j0j3_ScryJg Paula Hawkins: https:\/\/youtu.be\/nxakmJRaKaY Amy Neff:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/lfHGY8VEyoA J. Courtney Sullivan:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/fE8XHj-vV40 Fiona Davis:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/hv68HE3tjLU Beatriz Williams:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/youtu.be\/q1lwGj7ZUlg Sign up for newsletters from Bookreporter and Reading Group Guides here: https:\/\/tbrnetwork.com\/newsletters\/ FOLLOW US on Facebook:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bookreporter Website:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.bookreporter.com Art Credit: Tom Fitzgerald Edited by Jordan Redd Productions ","author_name":"Bookreporter Talks To","author_url":"https:\/\/www.bookreporter.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39154025\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/39154025"}