Growing up in a household where only Pashto and Farsi were spoken, author Jamil Jan Kochai struggled with English at school. His Grade 2 teacher gave him extra reading and writing lessons every day so he could catch up with the rest of the class.
Jamil Jan Kochai says meeting his teacher again after more than 20 years felt 'a little bit miraculous'Jamil Jan Kochai, right, had been searching for his Grade 2
teacher, Susannah Lung, left, for more than 20 years. In August, Lung surprised her former student, who is now an author, at a reading of his recently published book in California.
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