State of EmergencyState of Emergency

"One day, Siew Li leaves her husband and young children to fight for freedom in the jungles of Malaya. Newly independent Singapore has become a focal point of the Cold War, while still navigating decolonization. Decades later, a Malaysian journalist returns to her homeland to uncover the truth of a massacre committed during the Emergency, while Siew Li's son uncovers the truth of his family's past. Informed by years of painstaking research, Jeremy Tiang's debut novel dives into the tumultuous days of leftist movements and political detentions in Singapore and Malaysia. It follows an extended family from the 1940s to the present day as they navigate the choppy political currents of the region"--Page 4 of cover.