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A first love buried deep in the tropical rainforest-and in memory.

A search that spans eight years, a story of return and reflection.

After graduating from high school, Xiaofeng returns to the misty, secluded tropical frontier of the southwest-the military farm where he grew up.

His mother warns him: stay away from Dona.

That mixed-race girl he grew up with, always spoken of as mysterious, strange.

But in his eyes, Dona is quiet and headstrong-like a ray of light filtering through the forest canopy.

Drawn together by longing and confusion, they learn to love through misunderstandings and growing pains.

Fate tears them apart, and time stretches the distance between them for eight long years.

When they meet again in a foreign land, both have changed.

Yet the love that was never spoken aloud-

Could it still be waiting somewhere, quietly, for a chance to awaken again?

First and Bitter Love is a coming-of-age novel about love and growth, memory and identity.

It leads back to that one question buried deep in every heart:

"Does she still remember me?"