Many Daughters of Afong Moy

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Many Daughters of Afong Moy Playlist

20 tracks

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Sep 23, 2026

This playlist threads through the novel’s San Francisco Chinatown atmosphere, family longing, cultural displacement, and the quiet turning points between survival and self-definition. The instrumental tracks create reading space—half-lit streets, ocean air, and domestic intimacy—while the vocal tracks mirror the characters’ hopes, bruises, and fragile resolve across changing years and places.

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Track List

20 songs

1

To Build A Home

The Cinematic Orchestra · Ma Fleur

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2

Merry-Go-Round of Life

Joe Hisaishi · Merry-Go-Round of Life (from 'Howl’s Moving Castle')

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3

Kiss The Rain

Yiruma · From The Yellow Room (The Original & the Very First Recording)

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4

Everything In Its Right Place

Radiohead · Kid A

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5

On the Nature of Daylight - Orchestral Version

Max Richter · The Blue Notebooks (15 Years)

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6

The Host of Seraphim

Dead Can Dance · A Passage in Time

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7

Naima

John Coltrane · The Very Best of John Coltrane

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8

Light Through The Veins

Jon Hopkins · Insides

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9

My Love Mine All Mine

Mitski · The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We

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10

Runaway

AURORA · All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend (Deluxe)

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11

All I Want

Kodaline · In A Perfect World (Expanded Edition)

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12

Be Alright

Dean Lewis · A Place We Knew

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13

Shake It Off

Taylor Swift · 1989 (Deluxe)

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14

The Only Exception

Paramore · Brand New Eyes

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15

Hey, Soul Sister

Train · Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition)

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16

Just Like Heaven

The Cure · Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

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17

The Story

Brandi Carlile · The Story

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18

Impressions

John Coltrane · The Very Best Of John Coltrane

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19

Blue Monk

Thelonious Monk · The Complete Prestige 10-Inch LP Collection

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20

Open Eye Signal

Jon Hopkins · Open Eye Signal (Remixes)

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