Mr Jeremy Tay recommends Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Pachinko is a Korean family drama spanning much of the 20th century, as the characters deal with family, racism and dire poverty in...
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Feb 6, 20222 min read
Mr Jeremy Tay recommends Sofia and the Utopia Machine (2017)
Set in a futuristic Singapore, Sofia is an angsty teenage girl who both loves and resents her mother for the disappearance (abandonment?)...
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BLAH TJC
Dec 1, 20212 min read
Mrs. Karen Loh recommends The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris.
I picked up this book at a bookstore in Sydney airport while waiting for my flight back to Singapore (I am starting to believe that there...
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BLAH TJC
Dec 1, 20212 min read
Mrs. Karen Loh recommends Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa.
Delightfully delicious, Sweet Bean Paste is a story about a dorayaki seller, Sentaro, who meets an elderly lady, Tokue, outside his shop...
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Dec 1, 20212 min read
Ms Caroline Sng recommends Sugarbread by Balli Kaur Jaswal.
Sugarbread is an intergenerational story that centres on food, traditions and family drama in Singapore. The main protagonist is Pin an...
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