Ticket to Childhood by Nguyen Nhat Anh

Author:Nguyen Nhat Anh [NHAT ANH, NGUYEN]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC000000; FIC043000; FIC045000
ISBN: 9781468310320
Publisher: Overlook
Published: 2014-10-08T16:00:00+00:00

7. How long can I be a good boy?

So, next question: What else, besides soul-crushing conformity, do adults expect from kids?

Or more specifically, what did my parents expect from me?

I had to wonder, after a series of major setbacks in attitude adjustment.

I didn’t think it was all that hard to please them. The real question was: did I want to?

Okay, let’s try.

Take One: Humid afternoon; our boring old living room. I get up from the sofa while my father is still snoring away, and I immediately sit down at my desk to study, without waiting for my mother to remind me to, in her habitual tone of timid pleading mixed with commanding urgency.

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