The Great Reclamation - Rachel Heng - Books - Penguin Group USA - 9780593420126 - March 26, 2024
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The Great Reclamation

Rachel Heng

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The Great Reclamation

Ah Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule. He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl, Siok Mei. But when he discovers he has the unique ability to locate bountiful, movable islands that no one else can find, he feels a new sense of obligation and possibility-something to offer the community and impress the spirited girl he has come to love. By the time they are teens, Ah Boon and Siok Mei are caught in the tragic sweep of history: the Japanese army invades, the resistance rises, grief intrudes, and the future of the fishing village is in jeopardy. As the nation hurtles toward rebirth, the two friends, newly empowered, must decide who they want to be, and what they are willing to give up. An aching love story and powerful coming-of-age that reckons with the legacy of British colonialism, the World War II Japanese occupation, and the pursuit of modernity, The Great Reclamation confronts the wounds of progress, the sacrifices of love, and the difficulty of defining home when nature and nation collide, literally shifting the land beneath people's feet.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 26, 2024
ISBN13 9780593420126
Publishers Penguin Group USA
Pages 451
Dimensions 133 × 184 × 25 mm   ·   318 g
Language English  

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