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Title: Fantastic!
Review: Ruth Luyi (all that you wish) Young discovers that her mother is suffering from Alzheimer's. She moves in with her mother to ensure her safety.In the bottom of a drawer she finds the papers her mother had given her years ago - her mother's story of her past. It starts out, "These are things I know are true.."What a beautiful storyteller Tan is. Her strength is when she transports us back to China and we are there with Liu LuLing (remain true) and Precious Auntie making inksticks for the family business. We can see, feel, taste, smell all the surroundings.Ruth struggles to remember the name of her true grandmother, and it escapes her until the right set of circumstances stir the right memories to cough it up. I was disappointed by the wrap-it-all-up fast conclusion, I felt a little cheated. But overall a fantastic read.
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