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

Han Ong Reads “Elmhurst”

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

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'What Would You Have Me Do?' - Shara's Mother's Nemesis

The restaurant where her father works is hoasting a meal for the homeless families, an event instigated by shara's mother's nemesis. The protesters have been invited too, a brokering of peace, if the protesters want it. Shara's mother knows all about her husband's boss, that traitor. He had turned a deaf ear to her church. If shira can hear, as for her sister, nothing can rouse her from sleep. Her grandfather does n't even factor into the equation. What would you have me do? Her fa asks her mother with no satisfactory answer.

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