{"product_id":"inheritance","title":"Inheritance","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 1971, teenaged Amrit disappears from her house in the\nmiddle of the night. Although her absence is brief, she returns a different\nperson, and the event causes fissures to develop that threaten to unravel her\ntraditional Punjabi Sikh family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOver the next two decades, as Singapore’s political, social\nand cultural landscapes change, the family’s attempts to cope with the shifts\nlead to some disastrous consequences. How do we confront our legacies, and,\nwhen necessary, how do we accept change? \u003ci\u003eInheritance\u003c\/i\u003e is a\nuniversal story of family, identity and belonging.\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\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBalli Kaur Jaswal\u003c\/b\u003e is the recipient of The Sydney\nMorning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist Award 2014 for \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInheritance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e,\nwhich inspired a film adaptation directed by K. Rajagopal, called \u003ci\u003eLizard\non the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHer second novel, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSugarbread\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, was\nshortlisted for the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize and the 2018 Singapore\nLiterature Prize, while her most recent book, \u003ci\u003eErotic Stories for\nPunjabi Widows\u003c\/i\u003e, was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick in 2018. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBorn in Singapore and raised in Japan, Russia and the\nPhilippines, she studied creative writing in the United States, and has\nreceived writing fellowships from the University of East Anglia and Nanyang\nTechnological University. Her fourth novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Unlikely Adventures of\nthe Shergill Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, will be published in the USA and UK in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"APD (S) PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44918417817807,"sku":"9789814757362","price":29.32,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_1b18c66f-52a7-44d6-960a-74d6b61826b5.webp?v=1773711460","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/inheritance","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}