the emperor of gladness by ocean vuong i thought this would be about grief. it is. but not in the way i expected. it’s about washing dishes. making tea. remembering someone’s name even when you’re disappearing. it’s about a boy who doesn’t want to be here and a woman who’s slowly forgetting how to be. and how they end up saving each other in the quietest, weirdest, most ordinary ways. no big plot twist. just small kindnesses that start to feel unbearable. i kept having to close the book and ...
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