Cynthia Dewi Oka

Cynthia Dewi Oka is the author of Nomad of Salt and Hard Water, Salvage, Fire Is Not a Country, and, most recently, A Tinderbox in Three Acts.

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  3. My Mother’s Pain

    In my Chinese Indonesian family, massage has been the sole consistent method to work through pain, to recover our sense of choice.

    Cynthia Dewi Oka
    Someone's hands massage a person's forehead.
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