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I’ve been reading this slowly since autumn when I picked it up at a flea market. My first Sally Rooney!

Got this far before I had to return it to the library 😅 Considering buying a used copy so I can read it at my own pace (which is…slow these days ahaha)

“To me, Asian American was a messy, arbitrary category, but one that was produced by a collective struggle. It was a category capacious enough for all of our hopes and energies. There were similarities that cut across nationality and class: the uncommunicative parents, the cultural significance of food, the fact that we all took our shoes off at home.”

Really enjoying it so far - drawing a lot of parallels to my own experiences as a slightly rebellious second gen asian american college student.

“The first generation thinks about survival; the ones that follow tell the stories.”

“Maybe we look into mirrors not merely to seek beauty, regardless how illusive, but to make sure, despite the facts, that we are still here.”