We walked close to each other to barricade against the wind that whipped hair over my face. His parents were about the only topic he avoided, and I was about …
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It was Priya’s first invitation to an American wedding. She traced her finger over the elegant scroll script and the embossed cross on the invitation, then immediately checked “Accepts with …
Another winter is flowing through my life here, in this freezing country. Back in Hanoi, winter tends to arrive with the suddenness of the northeast monsoon squalls: one muggy evening, …
A girl stands next to her father, holding a spinning compass in a dark tunnel.
She spots a light ahead and points to it. They move toward it, slow, uncertain.
Madame Leung-Kett and her seven-year-old granddaughter, Blanche, were sitting at the dining table stuffing brand new money into red lai-see packets. ‘Chinese New Year bleeds me dry. Unmarried people make a …
At midnight, Zhou-Nan lay motionless on the cold cement floor. He couldn’t move. Even the slightest shift sent sharp pains coursing through his battered body. Blood seeped from his wounds. …
Hello? Can you still hear me? You said you wanted to know why your family left you in New York. Are you calling from there now? I’m sorry, these old …
Eating bitter, Siu-Ling reminds herself, is the one true path to greater glory. Or so the ruddy-faced nuns at Sacred Heart tell her.
Repeatedly.
The strangest thing about coming back home for Melani was the dizzy spells that had come and gone ever since she stepped into her childhood home. At first she thought …
I awaken to the sound of him in the den stubbing his toe on my piano, swearing. He can never sneak around while I sleep. I lie silent, listening to …
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