"1000-Year-Old Ghosts" by Laura Chow Reeve
LeVar Burton Reads
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Isn't There a Jar of Saltwater?
Nehaoma's mother drank a glass of saltwater every night before her evening prayers. To guarantee that she is not haunted by her dead husband, she stuffs most of what she has of him into 37 glass jars. "Sometimes I think there are not enough jars in this city for me to fill," Nehaoma says.
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