<club-desc-paragraph>Best friends Fiona Lin and Jane Shen share an intimate, decades-long bond. Both born to immigrant families, the Taiwanese American women navigate everything from family trauma to romance, sexuality, deep love, and shattering loss—sometimes together, and sometimes worlds apart.<club-desc-paragraph>
<club-desc-paragraph>After growing up alongside Jane in Southern California, Fiona moves to New York. The two friends drift in and out of each other’s lives, each contending with their own shifting circumstances and emotions. Stories from various timelines and perspectives weave together, creating an in-depth depiction of what it’s like to be a young woman searching for joy and meaning in ever-changing, contemporary American society.<club-desc-paragraph>
<club-desc-paragraph>Join author Jean Chen Ho and Belletrist Co-Founder Karah Preiss for lively conversations about this debut collection, as well as Jean’s process, insights, and inspirations.<club-desc-paragraph>
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<club-landing-h3>Getting to Know Fiona and Jane<club-landing-h3>
<club-landing-paragraph>Karah and author Jean Chen Ho discuss the advantages of crafting a narrative through vignettes, as well as the protagonists’ personalities (and star signs).<club-landing-paragraph>
<club-landing-h3>Drawing from Life and Literature<club-landing-h3>
<club-landing-paragraph>Jean shares elements from Fiona and Jane inspired by her personal experience. She also notes how studying fiction about Asian Americans empowered her to write her own.<club-landing-paragraph>
<club-landing-h3>Changing Names, Shifting Identities<club-landing-h3>
<club-landing-paragraph>The author explores the significance of Fiona’s name change, a complex mother-daughter relationship, and a surprising scene between Jane and her girlfriend.<club-landing-paragraph>
<club-landing-h3>Subverting the Tropes<club-landing-h3>
<club-landing-paragraph>Jean describes literary tropes she wanted to transcend and uses Jane as an example: While Jane is pansexual, her coming out story is not central to the book.<club-landing-paragraph>
<club-landing-h3>Bad Boyfriends, Great Covers<club-landing-h3>
<club-landing-paragraph>Jean talks about the character she most disliked, but had the most fun writing about. Karah also asks about the cover art by artist Brianna Harden.<club-landing-paragraph>
