The great reclamation / Rachel Heng.
"A sweeping novel set in Singapore during the years leading up to its independence from British colonial powers, about one young boy from a rural fishing family and the love story that will shape his life and complicate the fate of his larger community"-- Provided by publisher.
Ah Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule. He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl, Siok Mei. 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 possibility—something to offer the community and impress the spirited girl he has come to love. 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, The Great Reclamation 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 people’s feet.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593420119
- ISBN: 059342011X
- Physical Description: 451 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2023.
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Subject: | Gifted persons > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Singapore > Fiction. Singapore > History > Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
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- 20 of 23 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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Albright Memorial Library | FICTION HENG (Text) | 50686016292984 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Albright Memorial Library | FICTION HENG (Text) | 50686016293438 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Altoona Area Public Library | F HEN (Text) | 33240005160117 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bangor Public Library | FHEN (Text) | 75011000392628 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cambria County Library | FICTION Hen (Text) | 85131001867846 | CACM Fiction | Available | - |
Dover Area Community Library | Adults HEN Fiction (Text) | 34217000861658 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Highland Community Library | F HEN (Text) | 35610001010219 | HGHM Fiction | Available | - |
Indian Valley Public Library | Fiction Heng (Text) | 39427103728184 | Fiction Room: Adult Fiction | Checked Out | 04/12/2024 |
Kaltreider-Benfer Library | Adults HEN Fiction (Text) | 34002001684147 | Adult Area New | Checked Out | 03/27/2024 |
Lehighton Area Memorial Library | F HEN (Text) | 30445100220178 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"A sweeping novel set in Singapore during the years leading up to its independence from British colonial powers, about one young boy from a rural fishing family and the love story that will shape his life and complicate the fate of his larger community"--
Ah Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule. He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl, Siok Mei. 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 possibility—something to offer the community and impress the spirited girl he has come to love. 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, The Great Reclamation 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 people’s feet.
Ah Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule. He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl, Siok Mei. 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 possibility—something to offer the community and impress the spirited girl he has come to love. 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, The Great Reclamation 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 people’s feet.