The Age of Separate Lives

Name: The Age of Separate Lives
Author: Jade Books and Fragrance

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by Jade Books and Fragrance (玉书香)

Status: Completed
Length: 223k Words
Genre: Modern Romance
Subgenre: Workplace & Marriage
Updated: 3y ago
Source: Fanqie

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Through the lives of three women left behind in different circumstances, this novel portrays the joys and sorrows of people living apart.

Su Qingqing: wife of a small-business owner who heads south to start a business in Shenzhen

Chen Shuying: wife of a migrant worker who has spent over twenty years working in the south

Mo Xiaomi: a soldier’s girlfriend

Su Qingqing, the protagonist, never imagined that one day she would be just like Chen Shuying, separated from her husband and embarking on an unusual life…

Chen Shuying is hardworking and virtuous, devoted to her son and husband, yet she has endured one ordeal after another…

Mo Xiaomi is smart and beautiful. She has a boyfriend in the military, but then she meets a rich, handsome man…

These women endure the physical and emotional repression that comes with being young, and struggle against life and fate…

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A Great Parting大别离Alternate title on Fanqie

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