Phoung Ha, known by her American name Jennifer, had owned two successful nail salons. And as a Vietnamese American immigrant she had made a comfortable life for her family.Lieu began expressing the trauma, pain, and healing with a one woman show '140lbs: How Beauty Killed My Mother' in 2019, and now she has put her personal journey into the pages of a new book, 'The Manicurist's Daughter' that was released earlier this month.
'The medical industry, a combination of the malpractice insurance companies and the physicians lobby had spent millions of dollars over the decades to keep law in the place.'Advocates fighting for change, began recruiting victims and their family members to tell their stories, including Lieu, who spoke in from medical boards and lawmakers.