View Of The Phoenix Trees – An Excerpt From Chapter 1 (Last 11 Pages)

This is an excerpt from a 98-page autobiographical graphic novel with fantasy elements. It’s a true story based on my grandparents’ life and their eternal connection forged in love, chronicling their arduous quest to keep their family safe through war and persecution, with an exodus from Vietnam to settle in the UK.

Lao-Tzu and Linh fall in love, but he’s got an assortment of bad habits that are holding him back from becoming the family man he could be. Only Linh can make him see his potential.

View Of The Phoenix Trees - An Excerpt From Chapter 1 (Last 11 Pages)

Scott Watson

Author, Community member

Writer, storyteller, hedonist comic creator, eccentric dreamer- “words are my world…”

Diana Lopetaitė

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Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda.

As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience.

Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

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