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Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Crystal Z. Lee’s LOVE AND OTHER MOODS Book Blast December 21 – January 21.

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Love and Other Moods follows complexities of adulting, of parenting, of the urban quest for love and finding one’s place in the world…

Love and Other Moods

Title: LOVE AND OTHER MOODS
Author: Crystal Z. Lee
Publisher: Balestier
Pages: 322
Genre: New Adult / Women’s Fiction / Multicultural Romance

Love and Other Moods is a coming-of-age story set in contemporary China, about falling in love, learning to adult, finding strength, and discovering one’s place in the world.

Naomi Kita-Fan uproots her life from New York to China when her fiancé’s company transfers him to Shanghai. After a disastrous turn of events, Naomi finds herself with no job, no boyfriend, and nowhere to live in a foreign country.

Amidst the backdrop of Shanghai welcoming millions of workers and visitors to the 2010 World Expo, we meet a tapestry of characters through Naomi: Joss Kong, a Shanghai socialite who leads an enviable life, but must harbor the secrets of her husband, Tay Kai Tang. Logan Hayden, a womanizing restaurateur looking for love in all the wrong places. Pan Jinsung and Ouyang Zhangjie, a silver-aged couple struggling with adapting to the ever-changing faces of their city. Dante Ouyang, who had just returned to China after spending years overseas, must choose between being filial and being in love. All their dreams and aspirations interweave within the sprawling web of Shanghai.

This multilayered novel explores a kaleidoscope of shifting relationships—familial friction, amorous entanglements, volatile friendships—in one of the most dynamic metropolises of the twenty-first century.

Praise

“This heartfelt, transporting story sparkles with a constellation of characters who call this city home while pursuing their China dream. As multifaceted as Shanghai itself, this novel follows overlapping narratives about the complexities of adulting, of parenting, of the urban quest for love and finding one’s place in the world.”

— EMILY TING, film director of Go Back to China and Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong

“Awash with cosmopolitan expats and jet-setting locals, Love and Other Moods shimmers like the diamonds adorning China’s glitterati, while exposing haunting personal histories and intergenerational strife. With dazzling twirls around Shanghai’s World Expo, glitzy fashion shows, art deco architecture, jazz clubs, gourmet restaurants, and disappearing food stalls, this novel compellingly pulls the reader into the pleasures and pains of becoming an adult in a city soaring to global status.”

— JENNY LIN, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Critical Studies at the University of Southern California and author of Above sea: Contemporary art, urban culture, and the fashioning of global Shanghai

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Meet The Author

Crystal Z. Lee

Crystal Z. Lee is a Taiwanese American bilingual writer. She has called many places home, including Taipei, New York, Shanghai, and the San Francisco Bay Area. She was formerly a public relations executive who had worked with brands in the fashion, beauty, technology, and automotive industries. Love and Other Moods is her debut novel. She’s already hard at work on her next novel and a children’s book.

Follow the author on Instagram @ Crystal.Z.Lee

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Book Blast Highlights

Monday, December 21

Book Blast Kick Off at PUYB Virtual Book Club

Tuesday, December 22

Book Bloggin’ Princess

Wednesday, December 23

My Bookish Pleasures

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Monday, December 28

The Literary Nook

Thursday, December 31

b for book reviews

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Monday, January 4

Nuttin’ but Books

Tuesday, January 5

Confessions of an Eccentric Bookaholic

Wednesday, January 6

Book Cover Junkie

Thursday, January 7

Stormy Nights Reviewing and Bloggin’

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Monday, January 11

As the Page Turns

Tuesday, January 12

A Title Wave

Wednesday, January 13

Write and Take Flight

Thursday, January 14

I’m Shelf-ish

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Monday, January 18

I’m All About Books

Tuesday, January 19

What’s On Your Kindle?

Wednesday, January 20

Blogging Authors

Thursday, January 21

The Writer’s Life

 

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