It is hot and dusty where we live. Some people think it's dirty but they don't know much about us. They haven't seen our gardens full of lemongrass, mint, cilantro, and basil. Driving by with their windows rolled up, they've only seen the pigeons pecking at day-old rice and the skinny cats and dogs sitting in the skinny shade of skinny trees. Have they seen the berries that we pick, that turn our lips and fingertips red?
so-soThis was recommended as a [Vietnamese female written and narrated] companion to [the misogynistic white American male perspective in] The Things They Carried. I'm not sure if it'll work for that purpose, especially given the choppy nature of the storytelling, but I might be able to extract a few excerpts. #weneeddiversebooks #AmericanLit #Vietnam #teachersoflitsy
pickThis book was sooo good! It reads very stream-of-consciousness and jumps back and forth through the narrator's childhood both in Vietnam and in the US. It's not billed as a memoir, but I believe that it is at least semi-autobiographical. And the writing is just beautiful. Luna was trying to eat my fingers during a significant portion of my reading time tonight. Proof that she is feeling better after some stomach trouble yesterday.
Luna is helping me hold pages on my post-call day. #catsoflitsy #littenkittens
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