Confucius Jane by Katie Lynch
After the death of her graduate school mentor, the only
poetry Jane Morrow finds herself able to write is fortunes for her aunt and
uncle’s New York Chinatown fortune cookie company. From her office window, Jane has a clear view
of a noodle shop where she spies a young woman on whom she quickly develops a
crush. Sutton St. James is a doctor,
studying to finish her course work and internship before applying for
residencies, additional pressure added by her father, a former surgeon general
who would prefer Sutton choose a prestigious hospital instead of the overseas
stem cells research intern Sutton is hoping for. In typical fashion, added by Jane’s charming,
precocious pre-teen cousin, Jane and Sutton meet, fall in love, navigating
their two lives and respective family issues.
When Sutton’s family problems make the evening news, the new pair is
uncertain whether they each, and together, have the nerve and strength to try
and make things work. Light and breezy,
there is something sweet in this novel about first love that keeps it from
being typical and run of the mill and helps it maintain its charm without
feeling heavy handed and overdone.
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