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Old 03-05-2018, 09:21 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by sun surfer View Post
I've passed the first point-of-view switch, from the I-am-the-daughter to the older son. It makes the more normal omniscient narrative of the older son feel more removed after the former. I'm well into the older son's story now and it settles into a closer feeling after awhile but I was surprised by how distant it felt at first.
I am in the same place. I am enjoying the different points of view.
Something that rang particularly true for me was the way that Chi-Hon describes realizing that her mother had a separate existence - as a child, as a young woman ...
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