My mother was a pretty girl with a hot temper. Her classmates nicknamed her the Korean Doris Day. They didn’t know behind that perky nose and heart-shaped face was an open palm on a hair trigger. A black-and-white photo of her trendy bob cut and fresh complexion reveal youth in bloom. Her coy, closed-lip smile gives the impression someone told her a joke and she’s holding in a laugh.
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