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Ramifications
Ramifications | Daniel Salda�a Par�s
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Folding and refolding origami frogs, extracting the symmetrical veins from leaves, retreating to an imaginary world in his closet: after Teresa walked out the door one July afternoon in 1994, her son filled the void she left with a (…more)
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WellReadCatLady
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Loved this book and I didn‘t expect a short book to pack such a emotional punch but yeah it did. Took me longer than I would of liked to read because of the Arctic blast in Texas that cause the blackouts and water shortage. I was lucky to have power most of the time but I had a packed apartment with people who lost power. Parents house had a busted pipe and it‘s a struggle to find pasts & a plumber...

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WellReadCatLady
Ramifications | Daniel Salda�a Par�s
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Going to start this one today I‘ve had it for a few months and never got around to reading it for the book club it was for but there‘s a different book club reading it this month that I hope to join in on.

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charl08
Ramifications | Daniel Salda�a Par�s

I felt something approaching pity for that boy who compensated for a painful, incomprehensible situation by adopting strange behaviours. That frog must have been one of the last I made before giving up origami. It was the product of a turbulent, unstable period when I was struggling to give some meaning, any meaning, to the news that Teresa, my mother, had died the most dreary of deaths on a secondary road, far from the jungle and revolutions...

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charl08
Ramifications | Daniel Salda�a Par�s
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Why is the cover I haven't got always the one I want?

The original version.

#BorderlessBookclub

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CaroPi
Ramifications | Daniel Salda�a Par�s
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.I have a few days off from work. Is time to read... I wanted to read only horror but I have some books for my reading club. Also I fouund a graphic novel that is not horror... But let's start!

Pageturner1 Mmm 😋 that pie looks good! 4y
CaroPi @Pageturner1 well is actually a cheesecake but yes is really good. I wish I can cook that well. But is from the bakery close to my house 4y
Pageturner1 even better 4y
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