Salted Plums: IPPY Bronze Medalist

What a way to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month! I’m still on cloud 9.

Salted Plums, a memoir of culture and identity, is IPPY the Bronze Medal winner in the Multicultural Non-Fiction – Adult category. This is such an honor and reassurance that Viet diaspora stories are worth telling and sharing.

Alison Lihalakha

Alison Hồng Nguyễn Lihalakha was born in Vietnam and grew up in Florida and Kansas years before pho and Tiger Balm were popularized. She is a seasoned expat, dog lover, and the author of Salted Plums. Find her online on Instagram and Twitter.