Andrés N. Ordorica
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How We Named the Stars
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2024
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At Least This I Know
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2022
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All The Way Home
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Holy Boys
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Ceremony
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I devoured this incredibly sumptuous and evocative memoir. Goh’s hybrid and very personal exploration of the history of the orange, migration and colonialism is richly alive. From its opening sentence to its final last page, Foreign Fruit roots its a ...more | |
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A beautiful and expansive anthology of writers, 'wee' in nature but not in thought! ...more | |
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Damn, this man is trying to kill me! My heart...there is just very few writers doing it like Hollinghurst. C'est magnifique. ...more | |
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A moving, profound and atmospheric exploration of place, family, and pain, ultimately rooting itself in love. | |
"This was beautiful. I may come back and up the story to 5 stars in the end. I laughed, I cried, I wanted to punch a character. Hope to revisit this author as soon as possible "
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"I absolutely loved this book. It was an exceptional view into love and loss. I found myself in the way that Daniel processes his grief. I loved how it felt like you were reading someone's journal. I'm so glad it caught my interest at the library."
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It ripped your heart out? It made you cry? I think you are eligible for compensation!!! <3 <3 <3 <3
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"Hey, do you want to read a book that will rip your heart out and make you cry, but it's so wonderful and beautiful so you're willing to go through the pain? If you answered yes, then this book is for you.
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“I’d always known, in some way, that you weren’t going to be my forever, but rather a season. Even with that understanding, it still hurt.”
― How We Named the Stars
― How We Named the Stars
“thought about how, for so much of my life, I’d survived by staying quiet, making myself small enough to fly under the radar. I decided then that I no longer wanted to be quiet. I wanted to be loud and colorful and every piece of myself at any one time. As I lay there, I began to dream of”
― How We Named the Stars
― How We Named the Stars
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