This novel draws on the lives of seven women who graduated from a finance and economics college in the mid-1980s, following them over the course of more than twenty years. Set against the broader social landscape of the early days of reform and opening up, it explores the thoughts they develop about life, careers, love, and family as they enter society and face challenges such as promotion, layoffs, divorce, remarriage, and affairs. It showcases the new ideas and values brought about by social progress, and celebrates truth, goodness, and beauty.
