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he teaches Scottie the main rule of improv: always say yes

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Emperor of Gladness - Ocean Vuong Non-Fiction_Music steal the golden artifacts sheOne late summer evening in the post industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen year old Hai stands on a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to take another path. Over the course of the year, the unlikely pair develops a life altering bond that has the power to alter Hai's relationship to himself, his family, and a