{"id":1334,"date":"2012-01-19T11:07:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T16:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calla2.com\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2012-01-19T11:07:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T16:07:08","slug":"great-kirkus-review-of-last-airlift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/great-kirkus-review-of-last-airlift\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Kirkus review of Last Airlift!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-ft=\"{&quot;type&quot;:1}\"><a href=\"http:\/\/calla2.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/airliftcovernewsmall1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1344\" title=\"airliftcovernewsmall\" src=\"http:\/\/calla2.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/airliftcovernewsmall1-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Skrypuch tells the story of the last Canadian airlift through the memories of one child, Son Thi Anh Tuyet. Nearly 8 years old, the sad-eyed girl on the cover had lived nearly all her life in a Catholic orphanage. With no warning, she and a number of the institution babies were taken away, placed on an airplane and flown to a new world. Tuyet\u2019s memories provide poignant, specific details&#8230;.In an afterword, the author describes her research, including personal interviews and newspaper accounts from the time. But Tuyet\u2019s experience is her focus. It personalizes the babylift without sensationalizing it&#8230;.Immediate and compelling, this moving refugee story deserves a wide audience.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Skrypuch tells the story of the last Canadian airlift through the memories of one child, Son Thi Anh Tuyet. Nearly 8 years old, the sad-eyed girl on the cover had lived nearly all her life in a Catholic orphanage. With no warning, she and a number of the institution babies were taken away, placed on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/great-kirkus-review-of-last-airlift\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Great Kirkus review of Last Airlift!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}