{"product_id":"9781399625579-the-original-daughter","title":"The Original Daughter","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A book not to miss' New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA captivating debut novel set in working-class Singapore about the relationship between two sisters over two decades \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An incredible debut' ROXANE GAY\u003cbr\u003e'Wise and wonderful' PAUL BEATTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho would you sacrifice on the altar of ambition?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSingapore, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVivid and visceral, \u003ci\u003eThe Original Daughter \u003c\/i\u003eis a breathtaking act of empathy by a new literary star.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55125708931446,"sku":"9781399625579","price":16.08,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33026293.jpg?v=1738823068","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399625579-the-original-daughter","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}