{"product_id":"sister-snake","title":"Sister Snake","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA glittering, bold, darkly funny novel about two sisters--one in New York, one in Singapore--who are bound by an ancient secret\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSisterhood is difficult for Su and Emerald. Su leads a sheltered, moneyed life as the picture-perfect wife of a conservative politician in Singapore. Emerald is a nihilistic sugar baby in New York, living from whim to whim and using her charms to make ends meet. But they share a secret connecting them to Chinese mythology: once, they were snakes, basking under a full moon in Tang dynasty China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thousand years later, their mysterious history is the only thing still binding this literary fantasy together. When Emerald experiences a violent encounter in Central Park and Su boards the next flight to New York, the two reach a tenuous reconciliation for the first time in decades. Su convinces Emerald to move to Singapore so she can keep an eye on her--but she soon begins to worry that Emerald's irrepressible behavior will out them both, in a sparkling, affluent city where everything runs like clockwork and any deviation from the norm is automatically suspect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRazor-sharp, hilarious, and raw in emotion, \u003ci\u003eSister Snake \u003c\/i\u003eexplores chosen family, queerness, passing, and the struggle against conformity. Reimagining the Chinese folktale \"The Legend of the White Snake,\" this is a modern retelling about being seen for who you are--and, ultimately, how to live free.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48836094427341,"sku":"9780063355064","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_372acbae-6f93-4f50-a7a9-0c190397372d.jpg?v=1790992740","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/sister-snake","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}