
 The New Yorker: Fiction
 The New Yorker: Fiction Samantha Hunt Reads Yiyun Li
 Dec 1, 2020 
 Author Yiyun Li joins Samantha Hunt to discuss 'A Sheltered Woman' and its exploration of motherhood, life and relationships, emotional detachment, identification and connection, the absence of men, disdain for storytelling, and themes of duty, love, and care in marriage and mothering. 
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 Introduction 
 00:00 • 3min 
 Reflections on Motherhood and 'A Sheltered Woman' 
 02:43 • 13min 
 Reflections on Life and Relationships 
 15:24 • 26min 
 Exploring the Emotional Detachment of Auntie Mae in 'A Sheltered Woman' 
 41:30 • 3min 
 Exploring Identification and Connection 
 44:53 • 6min 
 The Absence of Men and the Quest for an Ordinary Fate 
 51:16 • 2min 
 Exploring Disdain for Storytelling and the Motif of Entering Someone Else's Mind 
 52:56 • 2min 
 Themes of Duty, Love, and Care in Marriage and Mothering 
 55:17 • 10min 

