A devilishly fun story about the life of personal assistant to a New York's powerful and elitist magazine executive.

"Finally understand what the poets have written. In spring, moved to passion; in autumn, only regret." For young Peony, betrothed to a suitor she has never met, these lyrics from The Peony Pavilion mirror her own longings. In the garden of the Chen Family Villa, amid the scent of ginger, green tea, and jasmine, a small theatrical troupe is performing scenes from this epic opera, a live spectacle few females have ever seen. Like the heroine in the...

A dual portrait of the author and her late sister traces how both suffered from years of abuse at the hands of men before the author successfully escaped her own cycle of violence, a survival that was overshadowed by her sister's murder by a lover.

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Area X has claimed the lives of members of eleven expeditions. The twelfth expedition consisting of four women scientists hopes to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Area X has claimed the lives of members of eleven expeditions. The twelfth expedition consisting of four women scientists hopes to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.