Now That It's Over<Winner of the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize> During the Christmas holidays in 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggers a tsunami that devastates fourteen countries. Two couples from Singapore are vacationing in Phuket when the tsunami strikes. Alternating between the aftermath of the catastrophe and past events that led these characters to that fateful moment, Now That It’s Over weaves a tapestry of causality and regret, and chronicles the physical and emotional wreckage wrought by natural and manmade disasters. |
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... He's perfectly fine with you guys, you know that. He won't mind at all.” “Let me ask Chee Seng then, see whether he's interested. He hates when I make any decision without asking him first.” A few days later, Cody called and told Ai ...
... He's perfectly fine with you guys, you know that. He won't mind at all.” “Let me ask Chee Seng then, see whether he's interested. He hates when I make any decision without asking him first.” A few days later, Cody called and told Ai ...
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... in her own personality. “So, what was your ex like?” Wei Xiang asked her on one of their early dates. Ai Ling wanted to dodge this topic, but did not know how to avoid it. “He's okay. We had different priorities. I think he's married.
... in her own personality. “So, what was your ex like?” Wei Xiang asked her on one of their early dates. Ai Ling wanted to dodge this topic, but did not know how to avoid it. “He's okay. We had different priorities. I think he's married.
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O Thiam Chin. “He's okay. We had different priorities. I think he's married now.” “Oh, do you still keep in contact with him?” “No. I heard about him getting married from another friend.” Ian had got married barely six months after Ai ...
O Thiam Chin. “He's okay. We had different priorities. I think he's married now.” “Oh, do you still keep in contact with him?” “No. I heard about him getting married from another friend.” Ian had got married barely six months after Ai ...
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... He's a catch. You'll like him.” She had called Cody during his lunch break, bursting with the news that she had met an old friend from junior college, a teacher, and over coffee with him, found out that he was gay and single. “I don't ...
... He's a catch. You'll like him.” She had called Cody during his lunch break, bursting with the news that she had met an old friend from junior college, a teacher, and over coffee with him, found out that he was gay and single. “I don't ...
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