{"product_id":"bury-what-we-cannot-take-pos","title":"Bury What We Cannot Take","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize 2020 (English, Fiction)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe day San San and her brother Ah Liam’s lives are forever changed is the day they discover their grandmother taking a hammer to Chairman Mao’s portrait. Believing he is doing right by proving his loyalty to the Party, Ah Liam reports his grandmother, setting in motion a terrible chain of events. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow they must flee their home on Drum Wave Islet, which sits just a few hundred meters across the channel from mainland China. But when their mother goes to procure visas for safe passage to Hong Kong, the government will only issue them on the condition that she leave behind one of her children as proof of the family’s intention to return.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst the backdrop of early Maoist China, this captivating tale follows a family as they grapple with the far-reaching consequences of their decisions and their hope for redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirstin Chen\u003c\/strong\u003e is the bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBury What We Cannot Take\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoy Sauce for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received awards from the Steinbeck Fellows Program and the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference. Her writing has appeared in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eReal Simple, Literary Hub\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWriter’s Digest\u003c\/i\u003e. She was born in Singapore and is working in San Francisco on a novel about the counterfeit handbag trade. She teaches creative writing at the University of San Francisco and in Ashland University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Times Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29252702568561,"sku":"9781542049719","price":20.5,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Bury-What-We-Cannot-Take-Kirstin-Chen_1200x1800_a987dd6f-87e2-45ab-8519-690dbd944c81.jpg?v=1599491256","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/bury-what-we-cannot-take-pos","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}