Real Differences

Author(s): S. L. Lim

General

This is a story of a friendship so connected that without it one is not whole but lost.Middle-class, clever and white, Nick is a child of privilege while his best friend Andie is the daughter of Indo-Chinese refugees. Despite their very different backgrounds, they share a conviction they can change the world for the better.At the outset, Nick is pushing papers in a dead-end job while Andie is embarking on a secular crusade against world poverty. This generates conflict with her white husband Benjamin, who feels that Australians should come first. Meanwhile, Andie's cousin, the teenage Tony is burdened by his parents' traumatic past and impossible expectations. To their dismay, he finds solace in radical faith. S. L. Lim acutely captures the dreams and disaffections of a millennial generation. Real Differences is an emotionally resonant novel about idealism, ethical ambition,and love, filled with unforgettable characters. It ultimately asks us the most important question of all: What is our life for?. 'The quiet writers are the most disturbing, the way they look at the world without flinching and report without surprise or judgement. A witty and devastating debut.' -Peter Bishop'Heartbreaking and unflinching, the novel exposes the growing, everyday fissures within contemporary life, the trauma of wounds widened by insurmountable cultural divisions,under the pressures of private upheaval and familial histories'- Cyril Wong, author of Let Me Tell You Something About That Night


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781925760286
  • : Transit Lounge Publishing
  • : Transit Lounge Publishing
  • : June 2019
  • : ---length:- '23.4'width:- '15.3'units:- Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : S. L. Lim
  • : Paperback
  • : 1906
  • : English
  • : 285