


But it is also misunderstood, and often romanticized. Hong Kong is known as a place of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that now exists at the margins of an ascendant China a city rocked by mass protests, where residents rally-often in vain-against threats to their fundamental freedoms. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post about what it means to find your place in a city as it vanishes before your eyes.”- The New York Times Book Review A boldly rendered-and deeply intimate-account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises.
