Running through Sprinklers by Michelle Kim

Author:Michelle Kim
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

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AFTER SCHOOL TODAY Mom, out of nowhere, says,

“I was married to another man.”

She is standing at the kitchen counter cutting long strips from a big chunk of raw beef. For stir-fry, I’m guessing. “To a Korean man,” she continues. “Before your dad. Just for a few months.” She says this like it’s a normal thing to say while handling raw meat. “We came over from Korea for his work. To Calgary. Then stuff happened. Then I met your father.”

This is the thing that bothers me about the way Mom talks. It’s not her accent or that she doesn’t really pronounce things like you should; it’s that when she says something, she leaves so many gaps in between bits of information, and it’s like she expects me to understand what she hasn’t even said.

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