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All up and down the street the houses looked like any others—but inside them were people who might be happy, or taking refuge, or steeling themselves… - Celeste Ng
" "All up and down the street the houses looked like any others—but inside them were people who might be happy, or taking refuge, or steeling themselves to go out into the world, searching for something better. So many lives she would never know about, unfolding behind those doors. (Chapter 20, p335)
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About Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng (born July 30, 1980) is an American author.
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I have an interest in the outsider…In fiction you’re not often writing about the typical, you are interested in outliers, the points of interest. Part of it comes from feeling I was the only Asian or person of colour … another part comes from my personality: I’m an introvert, and my usual survival mode in a large group is to stand by a wall and watch everybody.
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