FORTS TOWARDS A HAPPY, FREE LIFE. A YEAR AFTER THE MANY DEATHS IN THE HANDS OF THOSE SEA PIRATES, KIEM HER FAMILY AND OTHER SIBLINGS STARTED THEIR JOURNEY. SIX YEARS LATER, THEIR DREAM CAME TRUE WHEN THEY FINALLY ARRIVED IN AMERICA IN SEPTEMBER 1995. IT IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD TO EXPERINCE THE EFFERVESCENT TASTE OF SEVEN-UP, THE DELICIOUS FLAVOR OF MCDONALDS’ FRENCH FRIES, AND THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE SO CALLED DEMOCRACY THAT THEIR COUNTRY DOES NOT POSSESS. HOLDING A HAMBURGER IN KIEMS’ HAND REMINDS HER OF HER BROTHER AND SISTERS HUNGERING FOR IT SO BADLY THAT THEY RISKED THEIR LIVES FOR AMERICA. THAT HAMBURGER IS WORTH ONLY A FEW DOLLARS, BUT PRICELESS TO HER, BECAUSE THE PRICE HER FAMILY PAID IS MEASURELESS. SHE FEELS VERY FORTUNATE FOR BEING THE ONE WHO IS AT LAST ABLE TO HAVE THE HAMBURGER IN HER HAND AFTER MANY YEARS OF YEARNING AND SUFFERING. ...
