When they part “not knowing when or where we would meet again [which feels] like the most natural thing in the world”, their separation is more affecting than the parting of the lovers from which the novel derives its name. He reversed restrictions and began to allow Chinese to own land and buildings in Central and to become British subjects. In this pandemic-ridden world, this novel reminds us how human contact will never cease to be mankind’s saving grace through the darkest times. Max Made Me is a female founded and led future heritage brand, well known for it's established Personalised Letter Print range for children, luxury greeting cards and beautiful hand painted print collections for inspiring interiors.

It was turned right off its food having to wade through the bloodied scales and entrails of its brothers and sisters every morning. Kwok-ying tells us early on that lockdown life has become about “dealing with the dead, not the living”, but O’Sullivan proves the opposite. We meet John, who sits in a 24-hour McDonald’s in the Hong Kong suburb of Sai Kung, sipping warm water and ruminating on the state of the city.

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In an illuminating meeting between John and an old friend, they discuss Hong Kong’s “infection mentality” and pose Hong Kong as a city whose decision to “self-isolate” and withdraw to the margins began long before the pandemic. But for Catharine, the hardest part of coexisting with Kyle was not having her own space to process.Even as O’Sullivan’s characters lament a lost Hong Kong, he reminds us “how individual one’s view of the future is” and that “we don’t all view it in a single, collective way”. Lockdown Lovers follows Canadian Kristal (Kate Mayhew) who meets Lisette (newcomer Stevie McKeon) on the last night of her trip to Australia, and the pair share a one-night stand. Despite the intimacy of their lockdown relationship dynamic, the couple don’t regret their decision to move out once restrictions were lifted: “I think it’s important that we both maintain our own space when we go back to normal life. After matching, they went on Zoom dates and got to know each other before meeting up in a park just outside of Glasgow.