Kāifàng Mài

Li An is a Guangzhou accountant so quiet her colleagues forget she's in meetings, and when she's nervous, she stammers. Dragged to a tiny comedy bar, she writes her name on the open-mic list before she can stop herself. Twenty chapters: a set that dies in silence, a taxi driver who's the best comedian in town, a notebook of embarrassing truths, a heckler, a break-up -- and a final where her stammer becomes her best joke.