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Grace Talusan

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Average rating: 4.27 · 2,081 ratings · 296 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Body Papers 4.27 avg rating — 2,059 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Life and Death 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Filipinos in Greater Boston by Mary Talusan, Grace Talusan (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Than Just Talent: A Look at the Characteristics of the Successful Recording Artist in the Jazz and Classical Fields it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Filipinos in Greater Boston (Images of America)

by Mary Talusan

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Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music during US Colonization of the Philippines

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Perfect Black

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“Does one belong more to the country where one is born or the country where one is buried? I belong to both places and neither. As it is, I’ve rarely ever felt as though I belonged to a particular place; I’ve only ever belonged to people; to those who I love.”
― Grace Talusan

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“I was like everyone else until I walked by a plate-glass window or bathroom mirror or saw a photo of myself with my friends, who in that image became my white friends.”
― Grace Talusan, The Body Papers

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“Immigration is a kind of death. You leave one life for another one with no guarantee of seeing your loved ones or home again.”
― Grace Talusan, The Body Papers

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