The Sojourn Teashop
Translated by Nicky Harman
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Every morning, the Sisterhood gathers in Hai Ruo's teashop to talk about life, love, careers, and everything that gets in the way of happiness. Hai Ruo holds the group together, seeking spiritual guidance when human advice fails. But the cracks in their lives are widening, and the teashop's warmth can only hold so much. Jia Pingwa and Liu Jun's novel captures the rhythms of female friendship in contemporary China — the gossip, the loyalty, the unspoken competition, and the quiet desperation that surfaces when the tea runs out and everyone goes home. A story about the spaces women create for themselves when the world outside those spaces offers them less than they deserve.
