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2 weeks agoBad Bad Girl by Gish Jen review why was my mother so cruel to me?
Loo Shu-hsin is born into privilege in 1924 her father is a banker in the largely British-run International Settlement of Shanghai but her life is marked by her mother's constant belittlement. Bad bad girl! You don't know how to talk, she's told, after speaking out of turn. With a tongue like yours, no one will ever marry you. Her only solace in the household is a nursemaid, Nai-ma, who vanishes
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