pstrongemThe Secret Talkerem is a profound meditation on love, the difficulties of communication and the agonizing joy and brutality of commitment. -- THE NEW YORK TIMESstrongppstrongA emNEW YORK TIMESem BEST THRILLER OF 2021 AND GLOBETROTTING PICK!strongppstrongA woman reclaims her own story in this taut and wholly original literary tale from one of China's literary superstars.strongppHongmei is the perfect Chinese wife beautiful, diligent, passive. Glen is the perfect American husband intelligent, caring, well-off. From the outside, Hongmei and Glen's life in the San Francisco Bay Area seems perfect. But at home, their marriage is falling apart. Post-its left on the fridge are their primary form of communication. ppWhen Hongmei receives a beguiling email from a secret admirer, naturally she's intrigued. But what starts out as harmless flirting with an internet stranger quickly turns into an all-consuming emotional affair. As Hongmei spills more and more about her dark past as a milit