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nA TIME, NPR, VOGUE, OPRAH DAILY, AND VULTURE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR) One of TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2022 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. n --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