In Such Tremendous Heat
A Read With Jenna Pick
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4.0 • 4 Ratings
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
'BRING ON THE DRAMA' Cosmopolitan Best New Book of July 2023
The Read with Jenna Today Book Club Pick
'I couldn't put it down' Alice Clark-Platts
'Slick, agile, and utterly engrossing' Taiye Selasi
Basking in Singapore's non-stop sunshine, low tax rate and crocodile Birkins on every other arm, Dara, Amaka, and Lillian are living the dream - until their carefully constructed lives are upended by a handsome and mysterious new arrival . . .
Dara, a workaholic lawyer, is on the brink of partnership at her firm when Lani, a new hire from Geneva, is assigned to work on what should have been her career-making case.
Amaka, a sharp-tongued banker, is in the midst of a painful family breakdown. An instant attraction to Lani, despite her lovely boyfriend, jeopardizes her last shred of stability.
Lillian, a piano-prodigy-turned-housewife, is desperately trying to remain in Singapore after her marriage comes to a messy end. A chance encounter with Lani-a man who is inexplicably, impossibly, the spitting image of her late father-triggers a grief she's spent a lifetime suppressing.
Forced to confront the ghosts of their pasts, Dara, Amaka, and Lillian soon learn that unfinished history can follow you anywhere - even to Singapore.
Customer Reviews
Enjoyed the book
I like the booked and how the author was able to write distinctively about the main characters yet keeping them connected.
The various issues of insecurities, inequality, racism / micro-aggressions, trauma, dealing with loss / grief etc. were skilfully written.
It took me a while to get into the book that’s the reason for a 4/5.