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691: Gardens of Branching Paths
Act Four

If I Lived Here, I’d Be Home Now

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Diane Wu has the story of a woman who goes to South Korea to meet her birth mother, a trip that lets her visit one of the other worlds in which she almost lived. (9 minutes)

By

Diane Wu

Song:

“Alternate Universe” by Sue Fink

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