Author Yiyun Li writes this book after losing her two teenage sons to suicide, six years apart, and I've been sitting with it, unable to stop listening or concentrate on work.
It is a restrained, dignified and mind-expanding masterpiece. Highly highly recommend! #booksky #yiyunli
“There is no good way to state these facts... My husband and I had two children and lost them both: Vincent in 2017, at sixteen, James in 2024, at nineteen. Both chose #suicide." #YiyunLi @FSGBooks amzn.to/3P15i0y #ad #StevosNovelIdeas #booksky
Quote of the Day:
“Time is capricious. To say never or always or forever is a childish way to reason with caprice.”
- Yiyun Li
#QuoteOfTheDay #YiyunLi #Time
Quote of the Day:
“My refusal to be defined by the will of others is my one and only political statement.”
- Yiyun Li
#QuoteOfTheDay #YiyunLi #Conformity
Quote of the Day:
“How perfect can we be before we can love ourselves and let others love us? And who… has taken the word lovable out of your dictionary and mine, and replaced it with perfect?”
- Yiyun Li
#QuoteOfTheDay #YiyunLi #Perfection #Lovability #GiveYourselfABreak
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#OnThisDay #ThisDayinHistory #OTD #September20 #releaseday #bookbirthday #newrelease #IanMcEwan #YiyunLi #LauraWarrell #KJKalis #booksky
Today in Bookish and Literary History, September 20
#OnThisDay #ThisDayinHistory #OTD #September20 #releaseday #bookbirthday #newrelease #IanMcEwan #YiyunLi #LauraWarrell #KJKalis #booksky
Today in Bookish and Literary History, August 30
🔴 2023 Wednesday's Child by Yiyun Li is published
#OnThisDay #ThisDayinHistory #OTD #August30 #YiyunLi #booksky
Türkçeye benim çevirdiğim, #YiyunLi 'nin bu şahane romanı bir yıl içinde iki baskı yaptı, okuyanlarca pek beğenildi. Yoksa siz hâlâ okumadınız mı?
#okuyunduacımolursunuz
The cover of the memoir 'Dear Friend, from My Life I WRite to You in Your Life' by Yiyun Li.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
19/20 (I cannot count)
#DearFriendFromMyLifeIWriteToYouInYourLife #YiyunLi #BooksThatStayedWithYou #BookSky
nov 18 another great slow-read with A PUBLIC SPACE led by YIYUN LI. #apublicspace #yiyunli #grahamgreene
i'm in!
apstogether.substack.com/p/monsignor-...
Goslings in flight and @DukeAsia summer book club on the road - join me tomorrow to chat on a favorite novel by a favorite author: #TheBookofGoose, by #YiyunLi (@fsgbooks 2022)
7/21/23 Friday 7-8pm ET
Details and registration for zoom link:
https://duke.is/9ewhg
