Sukhin is a thirty-five-year-old teacher who lives alone. His life consists of reading, working and visiting his parents’ to rearrange his piles of “collectibles”. He has only one friend, another teacher who has managed to force Sukhin into a friendship by sheer doggedness.

While on an errand one afternoon in Chinatown, he encounters a homeless person who recognises him. This chance reunion turns Sukhin’s well-planned life upside down, and the pair learns about love and sacrifice over their shared fondness for cake.

About the Author

Yeoh Jo-Ann is the winner of the 2018 Epigram Books Fiction Prize. Formerly a features editor at SPH Magazines, she is currently a client operations director with a digital marketing agency.

Her fiction has been anthologised in We R Family, In Transit and Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Three. Her short story “Dog Tiger Horse” was selected as the winner of the 2020 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest.

She is currently working on her second novel and a collection of short stories exploring the themes of modernity, food, and family in Southeast Asia. Impractical Uses of Cake is her first novel.