Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children.Julian is a banker who likes to spend money on Ava but when she asks whether he loves her, cannot say more than 'I like you a great deal'.Enter Edith, a lawyer, who Ava meets while Julian is away for work and has an urge to talk very fast to.Ava doesn't tell Edith about Julian, and she doesn't tell Julian about Edith, and by the time Edith is Ava's girlfriend it's too late. And then Julian writes to tell Ava he's coming back. Will she return to the safety of the quarantined, witty dynamic with Julian, or risk facing love-vulnerable and exposed for the first time-with Edith?
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Edith and Julian
By Naoise Dolan
Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children.Julian is a banker who likes to spend money on Ava but when she asks whether he loves her, cannot say more than 'I like you a great deal'.Enter Edith, a lawyer, who Ava meets while Julian is away for work and has an urge to talk very fast to.Ava doesn't tell Edith about Julian, and she doesn't tell Julian about Edith, and by the time Edith is Ava's girlfriend it's too late. And then Julian writes to tell Ava he's coming back. Will she return to the safety of the quarantined, witty dynamic with Julian, or risk facing love-vulnerable and exposed for the first time-with Edith?
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