Julia Legian
My name is Julia Legian (aka Loan Thi Nguyen). I was born in 1972, South Vietnam. Or was it 1971? Nobody really knows so I prefer to err on the young side. In the 80s my family fled Vietnam as “boat people” and immigrated to Australia.
I'm happily married to my husband, Simion, and I have a wonderful, kind, and loving son, Jeremy.
I'm not a professional writer, just an ordinary person with an extraordinary story I'd like to share with the world.
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