Salad Days

Women's Fiction and Contemporary Romance

A multi-POV, dual-timeline women's fiction novel about five Chinese-Indonesian women who reunite in Jakarta when their beloved high school alma mater, St. Vincent, announces its closure and grand reunion. For most of the group, it's nostalgia. For Rosie, it's a reckoning. Years ago, she cut herself off from her friends after failing to attend the funeral of Bailey, their cherished friend. Now, she comes face to face with everything she has run away from.

In high school, Rosie, Bailey, Wendy, Inez, Nat, and Anna were inseparable. In their twenties their lives diverged but they remained close, until Bailey's untimely death sent Rosie spiraling and she severed her bond with her friends.

Returning for the reunion, Rosie must rebuild the friendship she abandoned, face the grief she escaped, and see Ben again—the boy she once loved—while unraveling the truth behind their failed romance. Can she reclaim her youthful self or will she choose to stay in the safety of an unfulfilling marriage?

With its blend of Asian humor, romance, and ensemble cast of Chinese-Indonesian women, Salad Days will appeal to fans of K-Dramas and readers who adored Ann Brashares's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.