Book 2008
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- Publisher
- Penguin Group (USA), Inc.
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Fiction
- Asian-American women
- Female friendship
- Romance
- Asian American women
- Fiction, general
- Friendship, fiction
- Asian americans, fiction
An extraordinary debut about second-generation Asian-American women trying to live up to society's high standards, as well as their own. Even though it's been ten years since their Houston high school days, co-valedictorians and best friends Whitney Lee, Hercules Huang, and Audrey Henley still delight in their once-a-month get-togethers where they talk, laugh, and confide in each other - although not about everything. Because each young woman has a deep, dark secret they think they could never share. Not even with their best friends. Then, during a girls' weekend getaway, these three friends wind up revealing their most intimate truths - and realize that to get straight As in the real world, all you have to do is let go of the need to be perfect...