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Meet the Author: Fan Wu, February Flowers
Set in modern China, February Flowers tells the stories of two young women's journeys to self-discovery and reconciliation with the past.
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17-year-old Ming and 24-year-old Yan have little in common other than studying at the same college. Ming, idealistic and preoccupied, lives in her own world of books, music, and imagination. Yan, by contrast, is sexy and cynical, beautiful and wild, and without a sense of home. When the two meet and become friends, Ming's world is forever changed. But their differences in upbringing and world views ultimately drive them apart, leaving each to face her dark secret alone.
Insightful, sophisticated, and rich with complex characters, February Flowers captures a society torn between tradition and modernity, dogma and freedom. It is a meditation on friendship, family, love, loss, and redemption, and the hold of the past on the present.
Fan Wu grew up on a farm in southern
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