The Bride Price: A Hmong Wedding Story

By Mai Neng Moua

Book Overview

When Mai Neng Moua decides to get married, her mother, a widow, wants the groom to follow Hmong custom and pay a bride price, which both honors the work the bride's family has done in raising a daughter and offers a promise of love and security from the groom's family. Mai Neng, who knows the pain this tradition has caused, says no. Her husband-to-be supports her choice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681340364
• ISBN13: 9781681340364
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"