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Audrey Murray

Audrey Murray is a redhead from Boston who moved to China and became a standup comedian. She is the author of Open Mic Night in Moscow, a memoir about the year she spent traveling alone through Russia and the former Soviet Union.

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Memoir

I Was a Chinese Helpline’s Number One Caller. I Had a Problem.

Story by Audrey Murray | October 1, 2018

The “magic number” helped foreigners like me get by without learning the language. But I didn’t feel at home in China until I finally hung up the phone.

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