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a young girl who learns the value of selfless giving from her grandfather Tasi

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In the Company of Strangers Pacific Island a young girl who learnsSixteen deceptively simple stories comprise Michelle Cruz Skinners much anticipated follow up to Balikbayan and Mango Seasons, many of them about Filipinos tongue tied and alienated in the motherland, or scattered across the map of heartaches and homesickness in the company of strangers called countrymen, family, lovers. A book of quiet gems definitely worth the wait. R. Zamora Linmark, author of Prime Time Apparitions and The Evolution of a Sigh