The Trees of My Youth Grew Tall

Mimi Mondal Strange Horizons 07/16/18 2018

ShortStory 6,094 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source

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In early 20th-Century India, an old woman and her son are forced out of the forest and try to make a new life in the city.

Slipstream Diaspora Historical India

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