This week's book: A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo.  Zhuang's life is forever changed after she spends a year abroad in England. She falls in love, travels around Europe, expands her cultural horizons, and learns what true loneliness means. Narrated as journal entries, we watch her struggle to navigate and make sense of a foreign language, as well as a foreign lover.  Interview with Xiaolu Guo: https://podcasts.apple.com/jo/podcast/world-book-club/id263658343?i=1000633622386 My research paper on repeated errors in second language learning will be published in May, I'll link it here when it's out.