The Original Daughter

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''Precise, layered and moving, The Original Daughter is a book not to miss'' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW WHO WOULD YOU SACRIFICE AT THE ALTAR OF AMBITION? A dazzling story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore by National Book Award ''5 Under 35'' honouree Jemimah Wei? ''I cannot put this damn book down'' ROXANE GAY ''Wise and wonderful'' PAUL BEATTY ''Thrilling . . . so much the real deal'' KAVEH AKBAR ''Seismic'' JONATHAN ESCOFFERY Singapore, 1996. Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living with her parents and grandmother in a single-room flat in Bedok, she is saddled with an unexpected sibling when Arin appears, the shameful legacy of a grandfather long believed to be dead. At once collaborators and sisters, Gen and Arin grow up inseparable, navigating the intensity of life in working-class Singapore - where urgent insistence on achievement demands self-immolation in the realms of imagination, work, and play. But as the rapidly modernising, winner-takes-all world threatens to leave one behind as the other''s star rises exponentially, the sisters must weigh their allegiances and bonds, the cost of success and ultimately reckon with who they''ve become. What results is a story that cracks open the fault lines of Singaporean society, our desperate need for acceptance and our yearning to be loved. Vivid and visceral, The Original Daughter is a breathtaking act of empathy by a new literary star. ''A tour de force that I''ll never forget'' QIAN JULIE WANG ''I read in a fever'' EMILY ITAMI ''Heartfelt and meticulously written'' SHARLENE TEO ''A true literary talent'' TASH AW

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Seismic\' JONATHAN ESCOFFERY\'A talented, indelible writer\' MORGAN TALTYSingapore, 1996. Genevieve Yang is an only child, living with her parents and grandmother in a single-room flat in Bedok, when her grandfather rises from the dead. Long disappeared, he had a secret second family in Malaysia, who now suddenly deposits Arin, an unwanted daughter, into their home. Gen and Arin grow up as sisters, older and younger, entwined with each other as they navigate the intensity of life in a working-class family in Singapore: a place where insistence on achievement demands constant sacrifice in the realms of imagination and play. As childhood and adolescence layer new experiences onto their lives, Gen and Arin must reinvent themselves time and again. As the sisters struggle toward individual redemption, we see the fault lines of Singaporean society, human pride and longing: our desperate need for acceptance and security, our yearning to be loved. Vivid and visceral, THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER is a breathtaking act of empathy by a new literary star.

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Jemimah Wei (Auteur) - Verschenen op 05/06/2025 bij Hachette Collections