{"product_id":"the-great-reclamation-9781035406340b","title":"The Great Reclamation","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'Ah Boon's story will stay with me for a long time'\u003cbr\u003eLara Prescott, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Secrets We Kept\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Alive to the beauty and mystery of the natural world as well as the human heart'\u003cbr\u003eJessamine Chan, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe School for Good Mothers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey would look back and ask themselves, what was the moment that changed everything? Could she blame him? Could he blame her?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAh Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore, in the waning years of British rule. As he grows up, alongside Siok Mei, the spirited girl he has fallen in love with, he finds himself caught in the tragic sweep of Singapore's history. When the Japanese army invades, the resistance rises, and their small nation hurtles towards rebirth, the two friends must decide who they want to become - and what they are willing to give up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA powerful coming-of-age of both a young boy and a country, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Great Reclamation\u003c\/span\u003e asks what might happen when the love between two children complicates the fate of an entire community and country, literally shifting the land beneath people's feet.","brand":"Tinder Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42823449804880,"sku":"9781035406340B","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781035406340-l.jpg?v=1785892280","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-great-reclamation-9781035406340b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}