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Set in a near-future China the One Child Policy has resulted in 40 million men unable to find wives. This book is one such leftover man\u2019s quest for love and family under a State that seeks to glorify its past mistakes and impose order through authoritatian measures, reinvigorated Communist ideals, and social engineering.Wei-guo holds fast to the belief that as long as he continues to improve himself, his small business, and in turn, his country, his chance at love will come. He finally saves up the dowry required to enter matchmaking talks at the lowest rung as a third husband\u2014the maximum allowed by law. Only a single family\u2014one harboring an illegal spouse\u2014shows interest, yet with May-ling and her two husbands, Wei-guo feels seen, heard, and connected to like never before. But everyone and\u00a0everything<\/em>\u2014walls, streetlights, garbage cans\u2014are listening, and men, excess or not, are dispensable to the State. Wei-guo must reach a new understanding of patriotism and test the limits of his love and his resolve in order to save himself and this family he has come to hold dear.<\/span><\/div>\n