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message 1: by Trisha (last edited Dec 17, 2023 07:32PM) (new) - rated it 3 stars

Trisha | 1889 comments A playful and deeply affective short story collection about the histories, technologies, and generational divides that shape our relationships—from the award-winning writer of Days of Distraction.

Compelling and perceptive, Tomb Sweeping probes the loyalties we hold: to relatives, to strangers, and to ourselves. In stories set across the US and Asia, Alexandra Chang immerses us in the lives of immigrant families, grocery store employees, expecting parents, and guileless lab assistants.

A woman known only to her neighbors as “the Asian recycling lady” collects bottles from the streets she calls home. A young college grad ponders the void left from a broken friendship. An unfulfilled housewife in Shanghai finds a secret outlet for her ambitions in an undercover gambling den. Two strangers become something more through the bond of mistaken identity.

These characters, adeptly attuned to the mystery of living, invite us to consider whether it is possible for anyone to entirely do right by another. Tomb Sweeping brims with remarkable skill and talent in every story, keeping a definitive pulse on loss, community, and what it means to feel fully alive.


message 2: by Trisha (last edited Dec 18, 2023 05:34PM) (new) - rated it 3 stars

Trisha | 1889 comments Unknown and Unknown (view spoiler)

Li Fan (view spoiler)


message 3: by Trisha (last edited Dec 18, 2023 07:32PM) (new) - rated it 3 stars

Trisha | 1889 comments To Get Rich is Glorious
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Farewell, Hank
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message 4: by Trisha (last edited Dec 19, 2023 12:58PM) (new) - rated it 3 stars

Trisha | 1889 comments Cure For Life
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Klara (view spoiler)


message 5: by Trisha (last edited Dec 19, 2023 01:48PM) (new) - rated it 3 stars

Trisha | 1889 comments The Visit (view spoiler)

Flies (view spoiler)


message 6: by Trisha (last edited Dec 19, 2023 06:32PM) (new) - rated it 3 stars

Trisha | 1889 comments She will be a swimmer (view spoiler)

Phenotype (view spoiler)


message 7: by Trisha (last edited Dec 20, 2023 10:21AM) (new) - rated it 3 stars

Trisha | 1889 comments Me and My Algo (view spoiler)

Persona development (view spoiler)


Trisha | 1889 comments Tomb Sweeping (view spoiler)

Cat Personalities (view spoiler)

Other People (view spoiler)


message 9: by Elsa (new)

Elsa Carrion (ecarrion) | 710 comments I don't want to click on the spoilers because I haven't read this one yet, However you have me intrigued. Are those the titles of the chapters?


Trisha | 1889 comments It's a short story anthology, so it's the title to each story


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