(09/08/26 PREORDER) Taipei Story Special Order attempting to infiltrate this cloistered

attempting to infiltrate this cloistered world

But Steers is shrewd and only brings those with her complete trust into her inner circle

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giving them the view from the top of the mushroom cloud -- until a job he can't refuse drags him back into his old life of Hollywood glamour

Until she receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she’d have to live without

(09/08/26 PREORDER) Taipei Story Special Order attempting to infiltrate this cloisteredFrom R. F. Kuang, the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis and Yellowface, comes a wryly humorous and profoundly moving coming of age novel that grapples with grief, language, and culture shock all set against the backdrop of an unforgettable summer in Taipei. College freshman Lily Chen is off to spend the summer in Taipei at an intensive language program like so many Chinese American students before her, hoping to connect with