A fertile agricultural region in Việt Nam’s southwestern corner, where the Mekong River separates into various smaller rivers and empties out into the ocean. Má and Bố move here to teach after Giang Quyên’s death in an attempt to reset their lives, but are stifled by the beginning of the American War in 1965.
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Mekong Delta Term Timeline in The Best We Could Do
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Chapter 2: Rewind, Reverse
...on the streets. And Lan is born in 1966, in a rural part of the Mekong Delta , where Má is employed as a teacher.
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Chapter 6: The Chessboard
...Má and Bố leave Sài Gòn to go teach in a rural town in the Mekong Delta , which they fell in love with after seeing a documentary set there. They leave...
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