{"product_id":"sister-snake","title":"Sister Snake","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA glittering, bold, darkly funny novel about two\nsisters—one in New York, one in Singapore—who are bound by an ancient secret\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSisterhood is difficult for Su and Emerald. Su leads a\nsheltered, moneyed life as the picture-perfect wife of a conservative\npolitician in Singapore. Emerald is a nihilistic sugar baby in New York, living\nfrom whim to whim and using her charms to make ends meet. But they share a\nsecret: once, they were snakes, basking under a full moon in Tang dynasty\nChina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA thousand years later, their mysterious history is the only\nthing still binding them together. When Emerald experiences a violent encounter\nin Central Park and Su boards the next flight to New York, the two reach a\ntenuous reconciliation for the first time in decades. Su convinces Emerald to\nmove to Singapore so she can keep an eye on her—but she soon begins to worry\nthat Emerald’s irrepressible behavior will out them both, in a sparkling,\naffluent city where everything runs like clockwork and any deviation from the\nnorm is automatically suspect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRazor-sharp, hilarious, and raw in emotion, \u003ci\u003eSister\nSnake \u003c\/i\u003eexplores chosen family, queerness, passing, and the struggle\nagainst conformity. Reimagining the Chinese folktale “The Legend of the White\nSnake,” this is a novel about being seen for who you are—and, ultimately, how\nto live free.\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmanda Lee Koe \u003c\/b\u003ewas born and raised in Singapore\nand has lived in New York, Beijing, Berlin and Bangkok. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eDelayed\nRays of a Star\u003c\/i\u003e (Doubleday, 2019) was named a Most Anticipated Title\nby \u003ci\u003eELLE, Los Angeles Times, Thrillist, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e,\nand one of NPR's Best Books of The Year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAmanda has received fellowships from\nthe New York Foundation for the Arts, PEN America, the University of Iowa's\nInternational Writing Program, the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, the National\nArts Council of Singapore, and the Fóndation Jan Michalski. She was\npreviously fiction editor of \u003ci\u003eEsquire Singapore\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44837417484495,"sku":"9780063355071","price":23.98,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_c4c369e2-d623-4d1e-8066-d158c58cde0d.jpg?v=1770859348","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/sister-snake","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}