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"Seventeen-year-old Ming and twenty-four-year-old Yan have very little in common other than studying in the same college. Ming, innocent and preoccupied, lives in her own world of books, music and imagination. Yan is, by contrast, sexy but cynical, beautiful but wild. She uses her looks to get what she wants from the many men in her life. When the two girls meet, and become best friends, Ming's world is changed forever. She is attracted to Yan's free spirit, while Yan yearns for the kind of stability Ming's seriousness can bring. But their differences in upbringing and ideologies ultimately…
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6 editions- Paperback · English · 2007Washington Square Press · 256 pages · 9781416549437
- Hardcover · English · 2007Picador · 256 pages · 9780330447713
- Paperback · English · 2006Picador · 9780330422680
- Other · English · 2008Picador · 9780330447683
- Other · English · 2007Washington Square Press · 9781416565192
- Other · English · 2007Doubleday Canada · 256 pages · 9780385662918
FictionSocial life and customsFemale friendshipChina, fictionFiction, generalManners and customs






