The second to last girlfriend

Author: Wang Wenhua
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: After the bestsellers The Boy Who Ate Glass, The Protein Girl, and 61x57, Taiwan's best-selling author Wang Wenhua has spent three years working on his new work. It describes three entirely different women and the men they choose. Through the intertwined relationships of these six people, it presents the love and loss, dreams, and friendships of young people in the stylish yet turbulent Taipei. The second-to-last girlfriend, "You'll be like an elementary school teacher—someone men will always be grateful for and remember, but never see again. You'll always remain in their minds as the young and beautiful image you were when you were with them, never aging like their wives." An An, 20 years old, loves to chew gum while drinking coffee. Her ambition is to use washing machines from all over the world, and her love story is like the Japanese manga Crying God of Love. Zhou Qi, 28 years old, brings her own utensils when dining out. She takes old taxis, plans dates based on the "zodiac fortune" section of magazines. Grace, 32 years old, describes her pregnant breasts like the asphalt roads of Taipei. She has kicked her addiction-like habit of overtime work and discovered that the best time to watch movies is Wednesday. They are all "the second-to-last girlfriend." The novel describes three entirely different women and the men they choose. Through the intertwined relationships of these six people, it presents the love and loss, dreams, and friendships of young people in the stylish yet turbulent Taipei. This book blends the humor of The Protein Girl, the depth of 61x57, and the passion and beauty of everyone's last love affair.