Grass Roof, Tin Roof - Hardcover

"A vigorous accomplishment - and a rewardinly complex one...It feels like the work of a major writer."

Strom's characters are all strong in their own way..."

"Impressionistic novel...an affecting study on the slippery nature of home."

"An aching sense of rootlessness and identity crisis make for an affecting and memorable debut."

"Strom explores the mysteries of loss, culture and identity, with skill, poignancy and imagination." The Detroit Free Press
"A vigorous accomplishment - and a rewardinly complex one...It feels like the work of a major writer." The Seattle Times
"Fine debut novel..." The Miami Herald
"Impressionistic novel...an affecting study on the slippery nature of home." The Los Angeles Times
"Optimistic and inclusive..." The San Francisco Chronicle
"An aching sense of rootlessness and identity crisis make for an affecting and memorable debut." Kirkus Reviews
Strom's characters are all strong in their own way..." Library Journal

Dao Strom was born in 1973 in Saigon to a well-known writer and journalist. Her mother fled the country with her when she was a baby; her father stayed and was later sent to reeducation camps. Strom grew up in the Sierra Nevada foothills with her mother and stepfather. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop. Her stories have appeared in the Chicago Tribune; Still Wild, an anthology edited by Larry McMurtry; and several literary magazines, and she is the recipient of a James Michener fellowship, the Chicago Tribune/Nelson Algren Award, and several other grants. She lives in Austin, Texas.