February Flowers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416549437)

Set in modern China, February Flowers tells the stories of two young women's journeys to self-discovery and reconciliation with the past.

Seventeen-year-old Ming and twenty-four-year-old Yan have very 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 but cynical, beautiful but wild, with no sense of home. When the two meet and become friends, Ming's world is forever changed. But their differences in upbringing and ideology 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 how a background shapes a life.

Author: Fan Wu
ISBN-10: 1416549439
ISBN-13: 9781416549437
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Language: English
Published: 08/07/2007
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.28w x 0.71d