![]() ![]() She decides to find out by digging up what Kim has buried. When Ana sees Kim she is sure she must be burying drugs or a gun. Today it is a very diverse but run-down place plagued by unemployment and violence. Then they left, as did many later waves of immigrants when the mills and factories closed down. Ana remembers when the neighborhood was mainly inhabited by Romanians. Meanwhile, Ana, a Romanian woman who has lived in the working-class neighborhood for many years, watches Kim from her window with suspicion. She vows that she will prove that she’s her father’s daughter and that the beans will thrive. There she uses a spoon to dig holes for the beans and she waters them. On a cold and lonely Sunday in early April, Kim sneaks out to the vacant lot by her house. In an effort to connect with him, she decides to plant lima beans, just like she did with her school class. Kim cries because she has no memories of her father and fears that he may not even know who she is.īack in Vietnam, Kim’s father was a farmer. ![]() ![]() Her father died when she was just eight months old. Kim stands before an altar that her family has made to mark the anniversary of her father’s death. Kim is a nine-year old girl who was born in Vietnam and lives in Cleveland, Ohio. ![]()
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