Languishing Under Glass

Leia Ooi’s husband died two years ago, and she’s raising their children on her own. In addition, her father is approaching eighty, and her mother is literally now a two-toed sloth. She feels stuck in her life and ambitions, a victim of the sandwich generation. Then, on the cusp of Singapore’s ninetieth birthday, as a new and frightening epidemic threatens the country, a well-meaning acquaintance kidnaps Leia’s mother from her habitat, and mother and daughter must go on the run from the authorities. As Leia confronts her unresolved grief, a series of uncanny encounters makes her doubt her own sanity and whether she’ll ever be able to return to a normal life.