Some of these combinations are ones that I’ve never read or experienced before and I love this book for that. The cross-realities of immigrant vs first generation American vs longer term “Americanization,” man (husband) vs woman (wife), working as a passion vs working as a job, child vs parent, heterosexual vs homosexual, and a myriad of types of friendships are explored both on their own and in combination with each other. And, perhaps, the fact that this many different perspectives are all so smoothly interwoven speaks to the fact that they coexist much more commonly than they are given credit for. There are so many cultural juxtapositions here that it’s truly staggering that the author was able to appropriately address them all. Touching and diverse, this novel is really something. Yet again, Muse Monthly has chosen a great book.
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