i have never been to the place where I’m from, but i will imagine it for us
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(Finalist for the Narratively Memoir Prize, 2022)
Illustration by Alice Yu Deng
I am 21 years old when they amputate Baba’s foot. He will drag it halfway around the world for one more year, but for now he has no choice but to stop and convalesce, with me by his side.