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Great Reclamation : A Novel by Rachel Heng (2023, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDiversified Publishing

ISBN-10059367670X

ISBN-139780593676707

eBay Product ID (ePID)20057248964

Product Key Features

Book TitleGreat Reclamation : a Novel

Number of Pages608 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLiterary, Coming of Age

Publication Year2023

FeaturesLarge Type

GenreFiction

AuthorRachel Heng

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight19.4 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Edition DescriptionLarge Type / large print edition

SynopsisSet against a changing Singapore, a sweeping novel about one boy's unique gifts and the childhood love that will complicate the fate of his community and country 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.