The Original Daughter
Paperback
'A book not to miss' New York Times
'An incredible debut' ROXANE GAY
'Wise and wonderful' PAUL BEATTY 'I read in a fever' EMILY ITAMI Who would you sacrifice on the altar of ambition?Singapore, 1996. Genevieve Yang is an only child until Arin arrives-the shameful legacy of a grandfather long thought dead.As sisters and collaborators, Gen and Arin grow up inseparable in working-class Bedok, where relentless pressure to succeed demands self-immolation in imagination, work and play. But as a winner-takes-all world threatens to leave one behind, they must weigh loyalty against ambition and reckon with who they've become.Vivid and visceral, The Original Daughter is a breathtaking act of empathy by a new literary star..Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781399625593
- Author: Jemimah Wei
- Pub date: 04.08.26
- RRP: $27.99
- Format: Paperback / softback
Author
Jemimah Wei
Jemimah Wei is the author of The Original Daughter. Born and raised in Singapore, she is now based between Singapore and the United States. She was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and Felipe P. De Alba Fellow at Columbia University, where she earned her MFA. A recipient of awards and fellowships from Singapore's National Arts Council, Sewanee Writers' Conference, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and Writers in Paradise, she was named one of Narrative's '30 below 30' writers, a National Book Award's '5 under 35', and is a Francine Ringold Award for New Writers honouree. Her fiction has won the William Van Dyke Short Story Prize and appears in Guernica, Narrative and Nimrod amongst others. For close to a decade, Jemimah was a host for various broadcast and digital channels, and has written and produced short films and travel guides for Laneige, Airbnb, and Nikon. This is her first novel.
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