Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Fiction PrizeIn a flat above a noisy north London market, translator Iona Kirkpatrick starts work on a Chinese letter.As Iona unravels the story of the lovers, Jian and Mu seem to be travelling further and further away from each other.

Longlisted for the Baileys Women's Fiction PrizeIn a flat above a noisy north London market, translator Iona Kirkpatrick starts work on a Chinese letter.As Iona unravels the story of the lovers, Jian and Mu seem to be travelling further and further away from each other.