Miseries Heaped on Foreign Exchange Earners
Friday, August 26, 2005
The letter is crumpled and the ink has begun to fade, making it harder to decipher the handwritten sentences. Sutirah, who lives in Baturraden, in Central Java, has kept this letter for six years now. Each time she is overwhelmed by her deep longing for Eri Supriyani, her daughter, she reads the letter again and again. The correspondence is the last she received from her daughter, and is the only thing that helps to reduce the pain of longing.
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