hardcover, 192 pages
Published April 21, 2020 by Little, Brown and Company.
The story's characters are immediately recognizable in friends and family, and their shared struggles drive the narrative. Anyone who knows first- or second-generation immigrants will both relate to the characters and thoroughly enjoy them.
This book helped me get out of a slump of being entirely unable to read for about a month. Just one Very short (3-7 pages) story every night. The stories are so unassuming and efficient, but they pack a huge punch and the effect of them builds on each other. I loved this collection.
beautiful little gems. I surprised myself with the amount of gratitude I had for stories that came from so many perspectives: women, men, young, old. it's not that wide a range but that an author, in this age of gated identities, felt the license to do so was incredibly nostalgic. what a beautiful reminder that at the heart of it all, we are all simply humans.
