{"product_id":"i-know-the-ants-paperback","title":"I Know The Ants (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Leav captures adolescent girlhood and friendship\nwith incredible specificity . . . . This beautiful coming-of-age story wrapped\ninside a literary mystery is melancholic and deeply reflective as it explores\nhow the past shapes us.\" — \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young woman’s life spirals out of her control after her\nchildhood best friend publishes a memoir that discusses the tragic events of\ntheir childhood, in this beautiful, powerful novel from the internationally\nbestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOthers Were Emeralds.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMei’s life isn’t what she thought it would be. She's still\nentangled in a love triangle with Jacques and Kath that began when they were\nteens; her parents are drowning in debt; and she’s stuck pulling off identity\nfraud jobs for her cruel auntie and her auntie’s nauseating son, who won’t\nleave Mei alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBut Mei’s world begins to truly unravel when she hears her\nchildhood best friend Soey’s voice for the first time in years, being\ninterviewed on the radio about her new memoir, chronicling the childhood attack\nthat left Soey with brain damage and killed her younger sister. When Mei\nreconnects with Soey, the leader of their childhood friend group known as the\nDaisy Chain, their encounter kicks off a series of events that culminate in\nanother shocking death, putting Mei squarely in the public eye. As past and present\ncollide, Mei starts spiraling after Soey implores her to find out who killed\nDaiyu—a search that leads Mei to uncover what happened that dark day in the\nwoods behind their school, all those years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRevered for her lyrical imagery, emotional acumen, and\nthoughtful voice, Lang Leav uses her gifts to brilliant effect, exploring\nunsolved mysteries, cycles of trauma and abuse, and the answers to a timeless\nquestion: how do you honor someone's memory without losing sight of yourself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNovelist and poet \u003cb\u003eLang Leav\u003c\/b\u003e was born in a\nrefugee camp after her family fled the Khmer Rouge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eShe grew up in Sydney, Australia, in the predominantly\nmigrant town of Cabramatta. She is the internationally bestselling author of\nseveral books of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eLove \u0026amp; Misadventure, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\nYA novel \u003ci\u003eSad Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, and the adult novel \u003ci\u003eOthers Were\nEmeralds. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cspan style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\"Calibri\",sans-serif;\nmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:等线;mso-fareast-theme-font:\nminor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\nmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-SG;mso-fareast-language:\nZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'\u003eAmong her many achievements, Lang is the winner\nof a Qantas Spirit of Youth Award, the Churchill Fellowship, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45673942614223,"sku":"9780063382039","price":31.56,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_4bf927fe-f311-44d1-a216-50045b008d67.jpg?v=1785721228","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/i-know-the-ants-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}