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Waiting by Ha Jin
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Waiting is a story of long-suffering love between a dutiful married doctor, Lin Kong, and an unmarried nurse, Manna Wu, he meets while working in a Chinese army hospital. Lin wants to divorce his wife, Shuyu, and marry Manna. He approaches his wife about a divorce several times, but each time she refuses. A loophole in Chinese law will allow Lin to divorce her, without her consent, if they are separated for 18 years. The "waiting" for Lin's divorce is the focus of the story.

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