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A Gift for Readers – Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl Buck

by mylinhshattan | Dec 11, 2015 | On Literature, Stories

Last night my twelve year old was tired from homework and nervous about two quizzes and a test today. She changed into her pajamas and came downstairs, her plush toy seal tightly in her arms, her brow wrinkled with worry. We sat by the Christmas tree and I read her...
Interracial Love, the World Child, and Pearl Buck

Interracial Love, the World Child, and Pearl Buck

by mylinhshattan | Aug 22, 2015 | Bookshelf, On Life, On Literature

The name Josui Sakai sounds lovely; it rolls nicely on the tongue, JOH SOOEY  SAH  KAI.  Josui left the United States with her parents during WWII to avoid being placed into the Japanese American internment camps, a decision her father made. American born and raised...

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