{"product_id":"9789815144901","title":"Leap of Fate","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in the 1950s in a village known as Lorong Limau, a group of young Singaporeans found themselves having to navigate livelihoods and relationships in unexpected tragicomic ways. Siblings would turn out to be lifelong enemies, money-or rather the lack of it-a crippling nightmare, love an ever posture of deception, wild gossip the coup de grâce. In spite of it all, the unforeseen-even death itself-would every so often become a flint for courage and redemption for some of the protagonists especially Tin, a brave teenage girl who continued to defy familial odds, and Mona, a widow-turned-prostitute who was forced to thwart her own expectations.Equal parts inspired by real-life anecdotes and borne of imagination, this story promises to lay bare the struggles and aspirations of those living in that era, a place and time unwittingly defined by societal taboos and quirky traditions long vanished from the face of contemporary Singapore. Ultimately, it's a story of what it means to be human when fate decides to take a leap.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House SEA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274329141483,"sku":"EB_LI0708_B21-01_SIMS","price":27.14,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9789815144901-1.jpg?v=1786868797","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9789815144901","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}