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Four young women learn to navigate life, love and friendships in the modern world through their podcast.

In their final year at Polytechnic, Rina, Lora, Dia and Rylee are determined to make the most of their time together by launching an ambitious podcast project. It seems simple enough; just discuss the challenges young people face—family expectations, chasing dreams and navigating relationships. But as the women delve deeper, they are forced to confront the realities and truths of their own lives, putting their friendship to the test.
“An unabashed love letter to Singaporean girlhood and a chronicle of its expectations on their bodies, hearts and dreams. Chia writes the earnest anxieties of her yuan yang girls with tenderness, a safe space of female friendship against the trials of oncoming adulthood. This is a book I wish I had growing up—a luminous new voice in our coming-of-age canon.”
—Wen-yi Lee, author of The Dark We Know
Jojo Chia, also known as Chesabell, is a writer who has a penchant for the weird and wonderful. As a child, she knew she wanted to write the moment she finished an Enid Blyton book and realised she never wanted her journey of imagination to end. She graduated from the Brunel University London with a BA in Creative Writing. Afternoon Yuan Yang Club is her first novel.

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Afternoon Yuan Yang Club