Review: Days of Distraction

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Days of Distraction Days of Distraction by Alexandra Chang
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Loved this book, loved seeing the world through the narrator's eyes -- not fitting in (Are you Asian? Chinese? American? How narrow is the fence that you're balancing on?), dating a white guy, job discrimination, moving to Ithaca, NY from the Bay Area and trying to find meaning in it all...

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