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“If this was to be her home, she wished to act in ways that reminded her of the sister she had once been, the girl her parents had raised her to be.”

So masterfully written thus far, can’t believe it’s Jiyoung Han’s debut novel!!?

Quote that resonated from today’s reading: “In receiving this tea, Seiko unknowingly drank from the well of the girl’s unspeakable sorrow and shed it as her own. The old woman’s life, unfulfilled, stood as a ready vessel for the burdens of another life lived too quickly, of another life so fractured it could no longer sustain itself.”

eager to get started on the ARTSCI 3A06 syllabus

pretty prose and really enjoying the magical realism so far!

already know this one’s going to be a tearjerker

Not done yet but I already know this book will stick with me for a very long time