The Great Reclamation: A Novel

WINNER OF THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD LONG LISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE AND THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, TOWN & COUNTRY, KIRKUS, ELECTRIC LITERATURE AND BOOKPAGE! Stunning…epic…impressive…It is a pleasure to simply live alongside these characters."—The New York Times"A deep and powerful love story."—NBC The Today Show"A beautifully written novel.

I loved so much in this book: the richly imagined setting, the complicated love story, and the heartbreaking way history can tear apart a family."—Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello Beautiful Set against a changing Singapore, a sweeping novel about one boy’s unique gifts and the childhood love that will complicate the fate of his community and countryAh Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule.

He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl, Siok Mei.