The Original Daughter

Name: The Original Daughter
Author: Jemimah Wei

Jemimah Wei

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Doubleday
2025

In Singapore in 1996, only child Genevieve finds her world changed by Arin’s sudden arrival at the family’s one-room flat in Bedok. The girls become inseparable sisters, then drift apart through ambition, sacrifice and betrayal in a society that prizes achievement.

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