Memory Piece Summary
Lisa Ko

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Memory Piece Overview

In Lisa Ko's novel Memory Piece, childhood friends Giselle Chin, Jackie Ong, and Ellen Ng reunite in New York City as adults. Giselle is pursuing a career in performance art. Jackie is developing a virtual diary website, and Ellen is building a co-op in an East Village squat. As time passes and the friends' lives change, they are forced to ask themselves what they care about and if their connection is powerful enough to last. Written from the first-person and third-person points of view, the novel explores loneliness, intimacy, and identity. 

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