The Strange Tranquility Only Found In The Lonesome

An immigrant spends Thanksgiving in the countryside

Thanksgiving is the holiday that poses the ultimate challenge to an immigrant who doesn’t have any next of kin in the US. Imagine you are all by yourself on the eve of the Lunar New Year in China. You can surely go buy those firecrackers and light them up on your own, getting all excited by the sound of the explosion and the…