Highway Love Song

This is a realist novel about building expressways in China’s western mountains, teaching in rural schools, and returning home from migrant work to start a business. It continues the story of the first book, A Great Era of Construction.

China’s expressways and the technology behind them are renowned around the world, and they play a vital role in the development of the western mountain regions. The safe, comfortable, smooth, and speedy journeys people enjoy on these expressways, along with the picture-perfect scenery outside their windows, are all part of modern life.

The hardships and struggles of an entrepreneur who returns home.

The changes a rural school and its children experience thanks to a volunteer teacher.

They are real people, with parents, spouses, and children. They have love in their lives, and they experience the full range of human emotions.

The western mountains’ breathtaking scenery, vibrant customs, and rich ethnic traditions are all brought vividly to the reader.