This Is A Story Of A Friendship So Connected That Without It One Is Not Whole But Lost.middle-class, Clever And White, Nick Is A Child Of Privilege While His Best Friend Andie Is The Daughter Of Indo-chinese Refugees. Despite Their Very Different Backgrounds, They Share A Conviction They Can Change The World For The Better.at The Outset, Nick Is Pushing Papers In A Dead-end Job While Andie Is Embarking On A Secular Crusade Against World Poverty. This Generates Conflict With Her White Husband Benjamin, Who Feels That Australians Should Come First. Meanwhile, Andie's Cousin, The Teenage Tony Is Burdened By His Parents' Traumatic Past And Impossible Expectations. To Their Dismay, He Finds Solace In Radical Faith. S. L. Lim Acutely Captures The Dreams And Disaffections Of A Millennial Generation. Real Differences Is An Emotionally Resonant Novel About Idealism, Ethical Ambition, And Love, Filled With Unforgettable Characters. 'real Differences Is That Rare And Vital Thing, A Novel That Asks What It Takes To Live By An Ambitious Moral Code. In Portraying The Struggles, The Self-doubt, The Resentments Of Others, The Disillusion And The Ecstatic Certainty That Such Commitment Can Bring, It Grapples With Some Of The Most Profound Questions Faced By Anyone Who Wonders, What Should I Do With My Life?' Larissa Macfarquhar, The New Yorker, Author Of Strangers Drowning