“To a parent, your child wasn't just a person: your child was a place, a kind of Narnia, a vast eternal place where the present you were living and the past you remembered and the future you longed for all existed at once.” —Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere Mother's Day in the Philippines … Continue reading Mother’s Day in Quarantine + Books About Motherhood
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Book Recommendations for Non-Readers
“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” ― Jhumpa Lahiri A couple of weeks ago, my Qatar-based radio jockey friend @allyontheradio asked me for book recommendations. She needed a list of easy reads for non-readers (or beginners) for her daily After Shift program at Qabayan Radio. The … Continue reading Book Recommendations for Non-Readers

