Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Great Regulars: Huu Loan's second wife, Pham Thi Nhu,

was the sole surviving daughter of a family that was wiped out during the campaign to exterminate "landlords."

When he found her in 1953, she was picking up trash to make a living.

Huu Loan's response was to marry her and resign from the Party in a very public protest.

The result was many years of extreme poverty and social isolation, but relatives say the marriage was stable and happy, and the couple had a large family.

from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Vietnamese Poet Dies

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