'An incredible debut' ROXANE GAY

'Wise and wonderful' PAUL BEATTY

'I read in a fever' EMILY ITAMI

Who would you sacrifice on the altar of ambition?

Singapore, 1996. Genevieve Yang is an only child until Arin arrives-the shameful legacy of a grandfather long thought dead.

As sisters and collaborators, Gen and Arin grow up inseparable in working-class Bedok, where relentless pressure to succeed demands self-immolation in imagination, work and play. But as a winner-takes-all world threatens to leave one behind, they must weigh loyalty against ambition and reckon with who they've become.

Vivid and visceral, The Original Daughter is a breathtaking act of empathy by a new literary star..