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Madeleine Thien Reads “Lu, Reshaping”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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A Memoir of a Good Year

After the investigation ended, the purchasing department was reorganized. Miranda was promoted to john saylor's position and became lu's immediate supervisor. The next day she handed in her notice and took the mother's in law home. Soon afterwards, she and husband moved the family to san jose. Lu started teaching night school. She taught import and export regulations, nafto trade rules and supply chain management for new immigrants. Her students penereal spirit gave her comfort, and nothing felt wasted. These were good years for lu. But sometimes she remembered a long rise of pleasure, a touch, a knowing look. Lue accepted that in herself. She had been unfaithful

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