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·Sep 24, 2019

English Language Glossary for a Daughter of Refugees

How to find the right words in another tongue — The first lies I told were in Cantonese. Like when I hit my brother and said I didn’t. Or when I peed my pants at naptime and quietly slipped off the queen-sized mattress our entire family shared. I stuffed my soiled bottoms into the middle of the hamper and put…

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English Language Glossary for a Daughter of Refugees
English Language Glossary for a Daughter of Refugees
Amy Lam

Amy Lam

Writer & editor based in Portland, Oregon // byamylam.com

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