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ROOM 216

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A compelling story that starts in a university dormitory and stretches over time and across continents as each roommate chases her unique destiny. Room 216 is about four strong female characters and their complex experiences. It tells the story of university roommates, each with a unique... Read More
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A compelling story that starts in a university dormitory and stretches over time and across continents as each roommate chases her unique destiny.

Room 216 is about four strong female characters and their complex experiences. It tells the story of university roommates, each with a unique motivation and struggle. After graduation, Sandy, Tintin, Serene, and Issa embark on separate journeys that take them to different parts of the world.

Following several relocations, Tintin now lives in America, ten thousand miles away from her ancestral home in the Philippines, but one that she keeps revisiting because it houses all her memories and has been the only permanent home she's known. However, her mother and sister now want to put the property up for sale.

Sandy, now based in Singapore, is an achiever who wants both career and family, but soon faces a marital crisis that may also threaten her most important roleโ€”being a mother.

Serene is a doctor in Manila who realises how life, in its real essence, is truly short. This awareness emboldens her to follow her heart, even if it means shunning her traditional Chinese family.

Issa is simply stunning. She loves every inch of her beautiful body for the strength it gives her and for making her capable. But she is diagnosed with a disease that requires surgery, and she must now come to terms with the attendant scar and the sense of incompleteness.

Over time and across continents, the roommates chase their respective destiniesโ€”some pursuits end in triumph, while others in unbearable loss.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9789815144215

Publisher: Penguin Random House SEA

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 April 2024

Country: Singapore

Imprint: Penguin Random House SEA

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 136.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 314g

Pages: 284

About the Author

Miggs Bravo-Dutt is a writer and researcher whose work has been published in several countries, regions, and cultures. Her short fiction has appeared in 22 New Asian Short Stories 2016 and The Best Asian Short Stories 2018. Sheh as co-edited Get Lucky- An Anthology of Philippine and Singapore Writings, a Singapore Writers Festival bestseller in 2015. She has also contributed poetry to various anthologies and journals in Singapore, Asia, Croatia, and the USA, and written for Royal Bhutan Druk Air's Tashi Delek and other travel guides and newsletters.

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