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A Different Pond

by Bao Phi

Recommended by Jesse Thorn

Recommended by Jesse Thorn

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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Immigration and Nonfiction.

As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. A successful catch meant a fed family. Between hopefilled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vi...

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If you need a good book gift for a kid, this book is fucking amazing.

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