Finalist for the 2025 Epigram Books Fiction Prize

A mother and son confront the past through fragmentedmemories.

Nineteen-year-old Finn Changs final-year project demands aphotographic exploration of memory. As he pieces together fragments of hispast, his mother, Emerald, becomes his guide through a labyrinth ofrecollectionssome vivid, others elusive. Their search awakens long-buriedtruths, drawing them into a tangled history of loss, love and unexpectedrevelations. What begins as an academic exercise soon becomes a journey neitherof them can control.

About the Author

Rachel Teyis the academic director of aneditorial consultancy and a part-time lecturer at Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity, where she teaches academic writing. She also conducts creativewriting workshops for schools and contributes op-eds toThe StraitsTimes,Channel NewsAsiaandTODAY. She is theauthor of the middle grade seriesTea in Pajamas.FindingChopinis her first full-length work of fiction.