I wonder what it felt to move to a country where you didn't grow up. I…

Banana Yoshimoto
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I wonder what it felt to move to a country where you didn't grow up. I had thought about that often since my sister got married. Do you become a character in a story native to that land, or do you, somewhere in your heart, want to return to your homeland. ✨ Banana Yoshimoto (1995). N.P.: A Novel, p.87, Simon and Schuster
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