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The Cleaners - Ken Liu (42)

 
  • ASIN: ‎ B08L61RRT6
  • Publisher: ‎ Amazon Original Stories (December 15, 2020)
  • Kindle: ‎ 3040 KB
  • Print: ‎ 24 pages




Touch the past or wash it away? Two sisters have a choice in this unforgettable short story of everyday magic and the power of memory by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author Ken Liu.

Gui is a professional cleaner at A Fresh Start, scrubbing away the unpleasant layers of memory that build up on the personal objects of his customers. Memory-blind himself, he can’t feel those wounds. Clara can, and she prefers them irretrievable. Until her sister, Beatrice, ultrasensitive to memory, raises one that could change Clara’s mind. For Gui, the past is gone. For Clara and Beatrice, deciding what to remember reaches to the heart of their shared history.

The Cleaners is part of Faraway, a collection of retold fairy tales that take the happily-ever-after in daring new directions. Whether read or listened to in one sitting, prepare to be charmed, moved, enlightened, and frightened all over again.


Ken Liu is the Nebula, Hugo, Locus, and World Fantasy Award–winning author of The Dandelion Dynasty series and two short story collections, The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories and The Hidden Girl and Other Stories. He lives near Boston with his family.


My review for Hazel And Gray
My review for The Prince And The Troll
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REVIEW:
Strange and magical!!
This was an adaption of The Princess and The Pea, though quite different. So-much-so, that I couldn't find similarities when reading and absolutely forgot that I was reading a retelling.
This is a cute short story of memories and forgetting painful ones. In forgetting those painful memories, we can lose sight of the teachings from that pain. Every memory is a lesson, be it good or bad.
It was a little weird, but I liked it.


4/5




**Compensation may be earned from the link within. This copy was obtained free with Amazon Reads. Opinions are owned by Freda's Voice.
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