Diplomatic Tides: My Passionate Years

Born into a family of high-ranking military officials in the 1970s, Lin Wei is the family’s only beloved little girl. Her talent for foreign languages from a past life awakens, but she is swept along by the tides of the era. Gu Zheng, her childhood sweetheart from the military compound, is a “wolf-dog” of a boy who would protect her with his life. In her stern grandfather’s study, the faded signature on the title page of a book called Diplomatic History conceals a story from the past. She earns a place in a foreign-language class at a young age, keeping her talents hidden under the scrutiny of the poker-faced Counselor Wang, only to reveal her brilliance with her flawless French rolled r’s! She outwits the great powers at the Geneva negotiating table, argues with kidnappers amid the flames of war in Africa, and witnesses history on the night Hong Kong returns to China… From beloved little girl to iron-willed diplomat, she wields language like a blade to cut through the fog of her times. When the secret on the yellowed title page is finally revealed, she and her grandfather gaze across time at one another. The loyal heart tempered in flames had been passed down through their blood all along.