Grandma's Attic : Mom's HDB, My Wallpaper Subclass_Sticker Books immersing us in an experience

immersing us in an experience akin to time travel' TLS* Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography 2020 ** Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2021 ** Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography *

a date with the prom queen

the police and the breaking-news cameras are not far behind

But none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them

we believed that Chinese and Indian voters would eventually vote for a multi-ethnic party

Grandma's Attic : Mom's HDB, My Wallpaper Subclass_Sticker Books immersing us in an experienceIn this her sixth collection of poetry where the real, virtual and literary mix, Heng Siok Tian travels through landscapes and explores relationships of family, friendships, the familiar and the foreign. With her signature simplicity and honesty, she tenderly ferries her deceased mother to the realm of memory while she reflects on the commotions of life at home and abroad. Through these, she reminds readers that the past contains limitless potential