Goodreads asked Zoë S. Roy:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Zoë S. Roy "There’s a long story behind my protagonist. In 1993, Gu Cheng, an exiled Chinese poet in New Zealand, killed his wife, Xie Ye, before he hung himself. The death of Xie Ye haunted me, and her acceptance of her husband’s lover in sharing their lives together puzzled me, too. I imagined that if Xie Ye had survived, she would’ve been terrified by men. "

Interview with Zoë S. Roy, author of Spinster Kang at https://ricepapermagazine.ca/2019/07/...

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