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"You said you were in Shanghai to find your next novel," Phoebe said. "Not your next man." "Well, of course," Helena said. "But what if he is the novel?" "A man as a novel," Phoebe said. "That's called a tragedy." -- Top 3 in New Releases and Top 100 in its category in its first week! "Chen's commitment to examining the small moments that make or break a friendship... speaks to her maturity and curiosity as a writer." - Angela Flournoy, award-winning author of The Turner House -- The Problem With Helena is a quiet, snapshot narrative about young Asian Americans traversing China. The compulsive Helena drags her unwilling best friend, Phoebe, along on the search for a mystery man, hoping to save their estranged friendship as well as figure out what it means to be loyal to each other and to oneself.