Ru Freeman is a writer and activist whose work appears internationally. Her debut novel, A Disobedient Girl, is published in the US and Canada by Atria/Simon & Schuster, by Viking in the UK and in multiple translations including Hebrew and Italian. She is a contributing editorial board member of the Asian American Literary Review.
I keenly remember the day my Grandmother died. My parents picked me up early from afterschool care and before I could ask why, my Mother said “We’re going to your…