The River's Song

"...Unashamedly details Singapore's past and present in gripping stories... Lim draws characters effortlessly and draws readers to them." The Sunday Times; “Lim’s affecting, lushly textured historical novel… A fine, deeply felt saga of lives caught up in progress that’s as heartbreaking as it is hopeful.” - Kirkus, 5 * Blue Star Review; “Just as the best novels should be but so rarely are: like immersion in a vivid dream. I couldn’t decide whether to read it slowly in order to savour every word, or to race along, mesmerised by Lim’s dazzling story-telling.” - Jill Dawson, British author of The Great Lover, (Richard and Judy’s Bookclub); “A winning coming of age novel that bridges the years and countries. Here is the buoyancy of sentences and a testimony of resilience.” - Krys Lee, award-winning Korean author of The Drifting House; “Powerful, deep and moving – draws you in and pulls you along irresistibly. Its heartfelt swell will carry you away to a place of passion and resonant conviction.” - Kevin MacNeil, Scottish author of the best-selling The Stornoway Way; “A touching story that retrieves Singapore’s fast disappearing past and gives its famous river the depth and colour of a people’s history, and a wonderful rendition of the pipa, on the page, as mother and daughter play their songs from the heart.” - Romesh Gunasekera author of Reef, shortlisted for the Booker Prize.