{"product_id":"rice-bowl","title":"Rice Bowl","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA powerful story of young love and idealism set in Singapore\nin the 1960s, a time of political uncertainties and economic insecurity.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nYoung, passionate and idealistic, Sister Marie rejects the conformity of her\nfirst love, a Singaporean police inspector, and embraces the liberalism of her\nsecond love, an American missionary. Fresh into university, she leads a group\nof students to question the values of a nation gripped by fear of the\ngovernment and loss of their rice bowl. They organise a protest march against\nthe Vietnam War, which leads to a riot, detention and deportation of the\nworkers they try to help. In the midst of this, a student meets a tragic death,\nwhile a lecturer and a suspected Communist agent provocateur goes crazy in his\nattempts to radicalise the students-workers’ movement.\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\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuchen Christine Lim\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author\nof novels, short stories, children’s stories and a non-fiction book.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2012 she was awarded the Southeast Asia Write Award for her body of\nwork. \u003ci\u003eFistful of Colours\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the inaugural Singapore\nLiterature Prize, is cited as a classic Singapore novel. Among other acclaimed\nworks are \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Bit of Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe River’s Song\u003c\/i\u003e.\nHer latest work of fiction \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDearest Intimate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e was\npublished in October 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAwarded a Fullbright grant, Suchen was a Fellow in the University of Iowa’s\nInternational Writing Program and later its Writer in Residence. She was also a\nFellow in Creative Writing at the Nanyang Technological University, and has\nheld writing residences in the US, UK, Australia, South Korea, the Philippines,\nVietnam and Myanmar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44807795114191,"sku":"9789815084436","price":23.44,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_cb7be854-4a18-4196-9d49-e0cab20b6f0a.webp?v=1777008635","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/rice-bowl","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}