About the Book

In modern-day Singapore, a young woman is about to break all rules.

Yin Ling—enigmatic, beautiful, and engaged to the wealthy, politically ambitious Vincent Chee—falls clandestinely in love with Ben Gallagher, an outspoken American professor. Ben is equally mesmerised by Yin Ling and the depth of her inner life, which finds expression in secret poems and an unwavering devotion to an old, eccentric family servant, whose obsession it is to return a mysterious statue of her god to his rightful home before she dies.

Beyond the certainty of Ben and Yin Ling’s love are a hundred uncertainties that break when heart and head collide: East or West; duty or passion; reality or a dream. And Yin Ling must choose: which god should she follow?

About the Author

Frequently referred to as the doyenne of Singapore’s literary circles, Catherine Lim is internationally recognised as one of the leading figures in the world of Asian fiction. The prolific Lim has penned more than 19 books across various genres — short stories, novels, reflective prose, poems and satirical pieces.

Lim has won several national and regional book prizes for her literary contributions and was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate of Literature by Murdoch University, Australia and a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture and Information. Many of Lim’s works are studied in local and foreign schools and universities and have been published in various languages in several countries. One of her novels, A Leap of Love has also been made into a movie. Besides writing, Lim guest lectures at local and international seminars, conferences, arts/writing festivals and cruise ships worldwide. She has also appeared on radio and television programmes in Singapore, Europe and Australia.

OTHER TITLES BY CATHERINE LIM

Miss Seetoh in the World

The Catherine Lim Collection

The Song of Silver Frond

The Teardrop Story Woman

The Bondmaid