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Han Ong Reads “Elmhurst”

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

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The Importance of the Church

Shara's mother used to patch together a second family income through her ch members circulate news of short term jobs, which are often first come, first served. But it's been six months since her mother last had work and the family's increase economies show up on the er table the same rotation of vegetables tofo ground pork. Shara is allowed to play truant from the protests. It is exam time, a sacred period. And to honor it, her parents even stop fighting. Her sister is told not to bother her. A hush descends on the household, a collective holding of breath. The question is not whether shara can master the lock, but how quickly the church

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