"My emotional memory vanished during the early years of childhood. That detachment, that distance, allows me to buy without scruple a pair of shoes whose price in my native land would be enough to feed a family of five for a whole year. The sales person just has to promise me, you'll walk on air."

Ru is written by Kim Thuy, Read by Elodie Yung and abridged and produced by Jane Marshall Productions.

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