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The original daughter : a novel / Jemimah Wei.
"The Original Daughter explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385551014 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 354 pages ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First Doubleday hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2025.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A GMA book club pick!." |
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| Subject: | Ambition > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Sisters > Fiction. Singapore > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FIC Wei | 31681010417749 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"The Original Daughter explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore"-- - Baker & Taylor
In turn-of-the-millennium Singapore, sisters Genevieve and Arin navigate intense familial and societal pressures to achieve academic perfection, but a devastating betrayal forces Genevieve to confront the cost of ambition, loyalty, and the bonds that define her identity. - Random House, Inc.
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
In this dazzling debut, Jemimah Wei explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.
âPrecise, layered and moving, The Original Daughter is a book not to miss.â âNYTBR
Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living with her parents and grandmother in a single-room flat inworking-class Singapore, Genevieve is saddled with an unexpected sibling when Arin appears, the shameful legacy of a grandfather long believed to be dead. As the girls grow closer, they must navigate the intensity of life in a brutally competitive place where the insistence on achievement demands constant sacrifice. The sisters become inextricably bound as they spurn outside friendships, leisure, and any semblance of a social life in pursuit of academic perfection and passage to a better future.
When a stinging betrayal violently estranges the sisters, Genevieve must weigh the value of ambition versus familial love, home versus the outside world, and allegiance to herself versus allegiance to the people who made her who she is. In this story of a family and its contention with the roiling changes of our rapidly modernizing, winner-take-all world, The Original Daughter is a major literary debut, imbued with equal parts emotional clarity and searing social insight.
