
The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng
WINNER OF THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD
LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE AND THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BYĀ TIME,Ā TOWN & COUNTRY, KIRKUS, ELECTRIC LITERATURE ANDĀ BOOKPAGE!
"Stunningā¦epicā¦impressiveā¦It is a pleasure to simply live alongside these characters.āāThe New York Times
"A deep and powerful love story."āNBCĀ The Today Show
"A beautifully written novel. I loved so much in this book: the richly imagined setting, the complicated love story, and the heartbreaking way history can tear apart a family." āAnn Napolitano,Ā New York TimesĀ bestsellingĀ author ofĀ Hello Beautiful
Set against a changing Singapore, a sweeping novel about one boyās unique gifts and the childhood love that will complicate the fate of his community and country
AhĀ Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule.Ā He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl, Siok Mei.Ā But when he discovers he has the unique ability to locate bountiful, movable islands that no one else can find, he feels a new sense of obligation and possibilityāsomething to offer the community and impress the spirited girl he has come to love.
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By the time they are teens, Ah Boon and Siok Mei are caught in the tragic sweep of history: the Japanese army invades, the resistance rises, grief intrudes, and the future of the fishing village is in jeopardy. As the nation hurtles toward rebirth, the two friends, newly empowered, must decide who they want to be, and what they are willing to give up.
An aching love story and powerful coming-of-age that reckons with the legacy of British colonialism, the World War II Japanese occupation, and the pursuit of modernity,Ā The Great ReclamationĀ confronts the wounds of progress, the sacrifices of love, and the difficulty of defining home when nature and nation collide, literally shifting the land beneath peopleās feet.
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The Great Reclamation by Rachel Heng
WINNER OF THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD
LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE AND THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BYĀ TIME,Ā TOWN & COUNTRY, KIRKUS, ELECTRIC LITERATURE ANDĀ BOOKPAGE!
"Stunningā¦epicā¦impressiveā¦It is a pleasure to simply live alongside these characters.āāThe New York Times
"A deep and powerful love story."āNBCĀ The Today Show
"A beautifully written novel. I loved so much in this book: the richly imagined setting, the complicated love story, and the heartbreaking way history can tear apart a family." āAnn Napolitano,Ā New York TimesĀ bestsellingĀ author ofĀ Hello Beautiful
Set against a changing Singapore, a sweeping novel about one boyās unique gifts and the childhood love that will complicate the fate of his community and country
AhĀ Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule.Ā He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl, Siok Mei.Ā But when he discovers he has the unique ability to locate bountiful, movable islands that no one else can find, he feels a new sense of obligation and possibilityāsomething to offer the community and impress the spirited girl he has come to love.
Ā
By the time they are teens, Ah Boon and Siok Mei are caught in the tragic sweep of history: the Japanese army invades, the resistance rises, grief intrudes, and the future of the fishing village is in jeopardy. As the nation hurtles toward rebirth, the two friends, newly empowered, must decide who they want to be, and what they are willing to give up.
An aching love story and powerful coming-of-age that reckons with the legacy of British colonialism, the World War II Japanese occupation, and the pursuit of modernity,Ā The Great ReclamationĀ confronts the wounds of progress, the sacrifices of love, and the difficulty of defining home when nature and nation collide, literally shifting the land beneath peopleās feet.
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WINNER OF THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD
LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE AND THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BYĀ TIME,Ā TOWN & COUNTRY, KIRKUS, ELECTRIC LITERATURE ANDĀ BOOKPAGE!
"Stunningā¦epicā¦impressiveā¦It is a pleasure to simply live alongside these characters.āāThe New York Times
"A deep and powerful love story."āNBCĀ The Today Show
"A beautifully written novel. I loved so much in this book: the richly imagined setting, the complicated love story, and the heartbreaking way history can tear apart a family." āAnn Napolitano,Ā New York TimesĀ bestsellingĀ author ofĀ Hello Beautiful
Set against a changing Singapore, a sweeping novel about one boyās unique gifts and the childhood love that will complicate the fate of his community and country
AhĀ Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule.Ā He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl, Siok Mei.Ā But when he discovers he has the unique ability to locate bountiful, movable islands that no one else can find, he feels a new sense of obligation and possibilityāsomething to offer the community and impress the spirited girl he has come to love.
Ā
By the time they are teens, Ah Boon and Siok Mei are caught in the tragic sweep of history: the Japanese army invades, the resistance rises, grief intrudes, and the future of the fishing village is in jeopardy. As the nation hurtles toward rebirth, the two friends, newly empowered, must decide who they want to be, and what they are willing to give up.
An aching love story and powerful coming-of-age that reckons with the legacy of British colonialism, the World War II Japanese occupation, and the pursuit of modernity,Ā The Great ReclamationĀ confronts the wounds of progress, the sacrifices of love, and the difficulty of defining home when nature and nation collide, literally shifting the land beneath peopleās feet.




















