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Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

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issyd23's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Beautiful, moving, heartbreaking: ‘Time is a motherfucker’. 

Highlights include: Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker. 

‘In my language, the one I recall now only by closing my eyes, the word for love is Yêu.
And the word for weakness is Yếu.’ 4⏳

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alainareading's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

ocean vuong has done it again! this is a piercing collection of poetry. the connection made between survival as a creative act resonates with me so so deeply. i finished time is a mother a month ago but i’m still thinking about it. thank you, ocean vuong, for your beautiful, profound words! 🖤

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