{"product_id":"a-strange-case-of-erasure","title":"A Strange Case Of Erasure","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2026 Epigram Books Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA woman holds everything together, then her body begins to\ndisappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAfter years of working, Seok Lin stays home to care for her\nfamily. Then one day, her toe vanishes. Doctors diagnose her with a rare\ncondition that causes parts of her body to disappear. But while Seok Lin fades,\nthe needs of her family remain unchanged, and she finds herself drawn to Chad,\nan AI interface that offers a strange sense of comfort.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA surreal and unsettling novel about motherhood, care and\nwhat it means to slowly disappear in plain sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e“I wanted to explore the invisible labour of stay-at-home\nmotherhood through a speculative lens, in which the protagonist loses parts of\nherself—a toe, an arm and both her legs—before finally fading from view.\nThrough her fight to reclaim herself, I hope this story helps women everywhere\nremember who they are beneath it all. Stay whole, stay seen.”\u003cbr\u003e\n—Jaclyn Lim\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJaclyn Lim\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer from Singapore. Her work\nplays with the tension between the familiar and the surreal, finding meaning in\nthe overlooked corners of daily life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShe once wrote everything from obituaries and headline news\nto glossy women’s magazine features before running a floral studio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNow a stay-at-home mother, she writes in between school\nruns. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eA Few Little Words\u003c\/i\u003e (Red\nHerring Press, 2025), and she is working on a children’s picture book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"APD (S) PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45738589946063,"sku":"9789815348330","price":29.43,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_d6bf3179-ef77-43ed-b7ae-078f5780c7b4.webp?v=1787017974","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/a-strange-case-of-erasure","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}