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610 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 30, 2024
“somehow I was self-absorbed without even knowing who i was, or who i should be - an exasperating combination.”
“it was books, the immense volume of them, that opened my eyes to how little we understood about the world we inhabited: a world that appeared ordinary in its dailiness yet contained mysteries upon mysteries, one door opening onto another.”
“i wasn't a lucky person. i'd never defied odds. even my being born a chinese woman had been likeliest, of all possible humans.”
“it was a habit, with my parents: omitting information, not wanting to worry them unnecessarily. though they’d raised me so american, i could never manage the sorts of american relationships my friends had with their parents, where they talked to them like friends.” 🪷