The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei Gibbs Smith thus begins the dangerous and

thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond

In the glittering

Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort

—The Tiny Activists

and tends to mind her own business—except when it comes to her “disability

The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei Gibbs Smith thus begins the dangerous andIn this dazzling debut, Jemimah Wei explores the tumultuous nature of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn of the millennium Singapore. Precise, layered and moving, The Original Daughter is a book not to miss. The New York Times Book Review Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living with her parents and grandmother in a single room flat inworking class Singapore, Genevieve is saddled with an unexpected sibling when