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It is the funniest rom-com I've read in a very long time … Andrea stole my heart … I cannot wait to get my hands on whatever Lauren Ho writes next'\u003c\/em\u003e—Beth O'Leary, Sunday Times bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Flatshare\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLike all good Chinese children, Andrea Tang is doing her best to fulfil all her mother's plans for her life: she's on track to become partner at a top law firm in Singapore, she has a beautiful apartment in the right postcode, and a perfect boyfriend who is practically made of husband material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExcept that those plans are unravelling fast: there's an unfairly attractive new lawyer out to steal her promotion, she has credit-card debt up to her eyeballs, her perfect boyfriend is now her perfect ex-boyfriend, and the last single cousin in her family just got engaged, leaving her exposed to romantic meddling on all sides…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor fans of \u003cem\u003eCrazy Rich Asians\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBridget Jones's Diary\u003c\/em\u003e comes a hilarious story of love, friendship, and the most intrusive people in the world: family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Andrea Tang is wise, witty, flawed and perfectly written. 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