A TIME, NPR, VOGUE, OPRAH DAILY, AND VULTURE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
(SO FAR) "Ho's debut work is the perfect modern example of great
American fiction. . . . You will love it." -Jake Tapper "Intimate,
cinematic. . . . The world Ho creates between the two women feels
like one friend reading the other's story, wishing she were there."
-The New York Times Book Review "[Fiona and Jane] is about an
incredible lifelong friendship between two Asian American women
growing up in Southern California-absolutely adored that book."
-Ailsa Chang, NPR's "All Things Considered" "Intricately rendered.
. . . Fiona and Jane celebrates a woman's ability to be late, to
show up in their own lives when and where they want to, to change
their minds, to be lonely and to be in love, and to be respected
regardless." -The Washington Post A witty, warm, and irreverent
book that traces the lives of two young Taiwanese American women as
they navigate friendship, sexuality, identity, and heartbreak over
two decades. Best friends since second grade, Fiona Lin and Jane
Shen explore the lonely freeways and seedy bars of Los Angeles
together through their teenage years, surviving unfulfilling
romantic encounters, and carrying with them the scars of their
families' tumultuous pasts. Fiona was always destined to leave, her
effortless beauty burnished by fierce ambition-qualities that Jane
admired and feared in equal measure. When Fiona moves to New York
and cares for a sick friend through a breakup with an opportunistic
boyfriend, Jane remains in California and grieves her estranged
father's sudden death, in the process alienating an overzealous
girlfriend. Strained by distance and unintended betrayals, the
women float in and out of each other's lives, their friendship both
a beacon of home and a reminder of all they've lost. In stories
told in alternating voices, Jean Chen Ho's debut collection peels
back the layers of female friendship-the intensity, resentment, and
boundless love-to probe the beating hearts of young women coming to
terms with themselves, and each other, in light of the insecurities
and shame that holds them back. Spanning countries and selves,
Fiona and Jane is an intimate portrait of a friendship, a deep dive
into the universal perplexities of being young and alive, and a
bracingly honest account of two Asian women who dare to stake a
claim on joy in a changing, contemporary America. NAMED A MOST
ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY VOGUE * USA TODAY * TIME * OPRAH DAILY
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MARIE CLAIRE * FORTUNE * GLAMOUR * W MAGAZINE * NYLON * BUSTLE *
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