Eyes That Kiss in the Corners

his tale starts with a negative: a young Asian girl notes that her eyes are decidedly not big, with enviably long lashes, like those of her classmates. But what follows is overwhelmingly positive, a lyrical celebration of her eyes, their shape, spirit, and legacy. The protagonist tells her story chiefly through the emotional relationships between herself and three generations of female family members, all of whom have those same eyes that kiss in the corners and glow like warm tea. From her mothers eyes, she draws nurturing love, while in her grandmothers, she sees a wealth of stories that reach into the past and into traditions from a foreign land.