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Original Articles

Storytelling in Amy Tan’s The Bonesetter’s Daughter: belonging and the transnationality of home in older age

Pages 606-624 | Received 30 Sep 2015, Accepted 13 Sep 2016, Published online: 02 Oct 2017

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