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You Are Here: Connecting Flights by Ellen Oh
reflective
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
This is a series of short stories that take place (mostly in airports) with Asian characters. Topics vary from airport bookstores, to flight delays, not being ready to visit a home country, pandemic issues and the difficulties of assumptions (like someone assuming someone else is your relative because you are both Asian).
It is a fantastic list of authors:
Declare" © 2023 by Christina Soontornvat
"Jae: Ground Rules" by Linda Sue Park
"Mindy:Standing Up" by Meredith Ireland
"Lee: Jam Session" by Mike Chen
"Ari: Guidelines" by Susan Tan
"AJ: A Kind of Noble" by Randy Ribay
"Natalie: Costumes" by Traci Chee
"Henry: Grounded" by Mike Jung
"Camilla: Big Day Suitcase by Erin Entrada Kelly
"Jane: Questions and Answers" by Grace Lin
"Khoi: Lost in Translation" Minh Lê
"Soojin: You Are Here" by Ellen Oh.
"A Note from the Editor" by Ellen Oh
I thought some stories seemed kind of similar. I listened to the audiobook and thought it was well done.
“But maybe that was the way it was with a lot of things in life. Once you decided to do something there was really no way to know for sure what would happen or how people would react. Which meant, what? If you couldn’t know for sure, all you could do was make your best guess, and do your best. And hope for the best. And that seemed like something he could work with.” Ch 2 Jar
It is a fantastic list of authors:
Declare" © 2023 by Christina Soontornvat
"Jae: Ground Rules" by Linda Sue Park
"Mindy:Standing Up" by Meredith Ireland
"Lee: Jam Session" by Mike Chen
"Ari: Guidelines" by Susan Tan
"AJ: A Kind of Noble" by Randy Ribay
"Natalie: Costumes" by Traci Chee
"Henry: Grounded" by Mike Jung
"Camilla: Big Day Suitcase by Erin Entrada Kelly
"Jane: Questions and Answers" by Grace Lin
"Khoi: Lost in Translation" Minh Lê
"Soojin: You Are Here" by Ellen Oh.
"A Note from the Editor" by Ellen Oh
I thought some stories seemed kind of similar. I listened to the audiobook and thought it was well done.
“But maybe that was the way it was with a lot of things in life. Once you decided to do something there was really no way to know for sure what would happen or how people would react. Which meant, what? If you couldn’t know for sure, all you could do was make your best guess, and do your best. And hope for the best. And that seemed like something he could work with.” Ch 2 Jar