Fiona and Jane

"Many of us are thrown into friendships through sheer circumstance when we’re children; the friendships that survive as we grow older feel precious, unlikely. One such is at the tender, beating heart of Jean Chen Ho’s debut work of fiction told in alternating perspectives. Fiona is an immigrant from Taiwan and Jane is the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, and this shared identity initially draws them to one another. But as each girl grows up and becomes a woman, they circle each other, grow apart and close again in a dance that indicates that they can never stray too far."