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Claire Binkley
Jun 20, 2015 rated it it was ok
*NOTE: THIS BOOK BADLY UPSET ME AND HAD ME IN TEARS AT LEAST FIVE TIMES*
While reading this book I was able to harbor hopes of Harvard graduate school, so that kept me from actively disliking this.
I verified that Radcliffe no longer exists, exactly!

I was not just upset over identifying closely with the main character, particularly the part where she and I do not thrive in the water, but also by the underlying motif of who does the housework, and the racial stuff.

Ng has succeeded in her task.
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