Time Is a Mother Binding:Paperback she silently tolerates office politics

she silently tolerates office politics and the absurdities of Korean bureaucracy

With her best friend pulling away to focus on her upcoming wedding

dazzling self-love expert

carefree world that will soon be out of her reach

Time Is a Mother Binding:Paperback she silently tolerates office politics"Take your time with these poems, and return to them often." The Washington Post The New York Times bestselling collection of poems from the award winning writer Ocean Vuong How else do we return to ourselves but to fold The page so it points to the good part In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of personal and social loss, embodying the paradox of sitting in grief while being determined