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Chin's watercolors move sensitively between present embarrassment and inherited memory.
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Watercress
Jason Chin2022 selection · Picture books
Watercress
A Chinese American girl gathering watercress with her parents learns how food carries family history and hardship.
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You like intergenerational stories about food and identity.
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familyfoodChinese American lifememory
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