If You Can Draw Me in Bloomington, MN

This debut romance novel is the following things and more:
A first love set against the political storm of China in the 1980s
A slow burn attraction between a caucasian coming of age and an older Chinese woman who has sworn off love
A forbidden affair between a boy of privilege and a woman who trades in flesh
A little bit of love triangle
A tragic tearing apart of the two lovers
A chance to find her again