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Join Liu Hong for a night discussing her novel The Good Women of Fudi: a gripping story of love (in it's many different forms) lost and gained, set in Imperial China.

Best friends Jiali and Wu Fang know that no man is a match for them. In their small harbour town of Fudi, they practise sword fighting, write couplets to one another, and strut around dressed as men. Jiali is a renowned poet and Wu Fang is going to be China’s first female surgeon. But when Wu Fang returns from medical training in Japan, she is horrified to hear of Jiali’s marriage to a man who cannot even match her couplets, and confused by her intense feelings of jealousy towards her friend’s new husband, Yanbu.

Ocean man Charles has arrived in Fudi to start a new life. He eschews the company of his fellow foreigners, preferring to spend time with new colleague Yanbu, his wife, Jiali, and her friend, Wu Fang. Over the course of several months, he grows close to them all, in increasingly confusing ways, but what will happen when he is forced to choose between his country and his friends?

The Good Women of Fudi is an epic story exploring gender, sexuality, and anti-colonialist themes. Liu Hong will be joined by Susie Jolly for a brilliant night of conversation and celebration.

The event is free, but to register, please RSVP to adam@scribepub.co.uk with the subject line: LIU HONG QUEERY BOOKS EVENT.