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"An enemy could be as eternally close as a friend; a feud could make two men brothers for life."A thoughtful short story that can easily be finished in one sitting. Auntie Mei is a nanny who takes cares new mothers and their firstborn for only the first month, and then she moves on to the next place, the next client. Until she meets a mother who doesn't seem to care much about her baby.Although the ending is a bit open (hence a lil bit less satisfying for me), the storytelling of the book is won...
Auntie Mei really doesn’t like children, but she works as a nanny looking after newborns for the first month of their lives, before moving (without regret) on to the next family, and she never gets close to either the baby or the parents.“She had, unlike her mother and her grandmother, talked herself into being a woman with an ordinary fate. When she moved on to the next place, she would leave no mystery or damage behind; no one in this world would be disturbed by having known her.''Short but be...
(Throwback Review) This book deals with the story of Aunt Mei, who works as a live-in nanny for newborns. She now works for a young mother who is struggling with postpartum depression. The author marvelously describes postpartum depression and mother's difficulty in looking after their children. "Death does not take the dead away; it only makes them grow more deeply into you."
”Fortunate are those for whom everyone can be turned into a stranger.”Auntie Mei works as a live-in-nanny for newborns and their mothers. As a rule, she moves out of the family’s house the day the baby turns a month old. She doesn’t want to get attached to the infants.”When she moved on to the next place, she would leave no mystery or damage behind; no one in this world would be disturbed by having known her.”Auntie Mei currently works for a new, young mother who doesn’t care much for her baby a...
3.5 starsA short story about a nanny who works only the first month of the newborn, really funny.
really short, but so beautiful.
"death does not take the dead away; it only makes them grow more deeply into you"I must say I didn't expect I'll like this short story as much as I did. It's a really good characterization and not only of the mail character but also those who plays episodes even if they appear in a single sentence. Really, really good. The main story is interesting all right but the side stories are what I liked more. Definitively worth reading.
An enemy could be as eternally close as a friend; a feud could make two men brothers for life.Quotable quotes for miles on end .. Haunting, superb characterization in just 16 pages. Fortunate are those for whom everyone can be turned into a stranger
Such a beautiful package. I really enjoyed the story and found her style so unique to other short story writers.
I've been interested in this short story for a while and decided to listen to it on audiobook through BookBeat. Despite being the equivalent of just 52 pages, there was a depth and a tension in this story that kept me intrigued from being to end. Auntie Mei is an enigmatic figure who is at times poignant as well as hilarious. There was no plot as such but the story was an interesting study of these characters and their experience as Chinese Americans. Overall I really enjoyed this short story bu...
My first Yiyun Li and I like how she depicts deep emotions without being melodramatic. More thoughts soon.
It's a wonderful story told in a unique style. Aunt MEI is amazing. But I felt that the story ended abruptly. I was expecting more
3* A fantastic short story
I really enjoyed this. I rarely feel this way about short stories but I actually wish this was longer. Auntie Mei was wonderful.
Well told tale with some “really nice” twists on intergenerational relationships and stereotypes of romance, parenting and what it means to live the “good life”
I enjoyed this short read. There are so many layers to Auntie Mei. The story an unusual, interesting and disturbing story line. "...no one in this world would be disturbed by having known her." The story left me a bit disturbed and not forgetting Auntie Mei at all.
Auntie Mei doesn’t like children but takes care of babies for a living. Chanel doesn’t like motherhood and hired Auntie Mei to help. Their interactions with each other are viscerally cloying. Yiyun Li’s background is also super fascinating!
If knowing someone makes that person stay with you forever, not knowing someone does the same trick: death does not take the dead away; it only makes them grow more deeply into you.A short but beautiful story about motherhood, family, and self-love. I would actually love to read a longer version of this and to follow Auntie Mei on her journey of self-discovery.
This is a lovely short story about a woman who works as a nanny and nursing coach for only the first month of a baby's life.
