"As humans, it's a basic facet of our understanding that everything is temporary. Thea Lim writes about love, time travel and immigration in her novel 17 Canadian books to read for Asian Heritage Month.13 books for the sci-fi and fantasy lover on your list.How Thea Lim's time travel novel became a story about immigration and displacement.8 Canadian speculative fiction reads to check out.Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Thea Lim thinks talent is overrated.The Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists recall how they became writers.What's the role of fiction in turbulent times? The Scotiabank Giller Prize finalists respond.( From Viking Press)Īn Ocean of Minutes was on the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist. 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize juryĪn Ocean of Minutes is a gorgeous, devastating novel about courage, yearning, the cost of holding onto the past and the price of letting it go. The novel is beautifully written and guides us through a plot that moves backwards and forward - yet, never lets us go. Alone in a changed and divided America, with no status and no money, Polly must navigate a terrifying new world to find Frank, to discover if he is alive and to see if their love has endured. Polly promises to meet Frank again in Galveston, Texas, where she will arrive in 12 years.īut when Polly is re-routed an extra five years into the future, Frank is nowhere to be found. Time travel has been invented if she signs up for a one-way trip into the future to work as a bonded labourer, the company will pay for the life-saving treatment Frank needs. When Frank catches the virus, his girlfriend Polly will do whatever it takes to save him, even if it means risking everything. Alone in a changed and divided America, with no status and no money, Polly must navigate a new life and find a way to locate Frank, to discover if he is alive, and if their love has endured.America is in the grip of a deadly flu pandemic. Polly promises to meet Frank again in Galveston, Texas, where she will arrive in twelve years.But when Polly is re-routed an extra five years into the future, Frank is nowhere to be found. If she signs up for a one-way-trip into the future to work as a bonded labourer, the company will pay for the life-saving treatment Frank needs. She agrees to a radical plan–time travel has been invented in the future to thwart the virus. You can read this before An Ocean of Minutes PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.Īmerica is in the grip of a deadly flu pandemic. Here is a quick description and cover image of book An Ocean of Minutes written by Thea Lim which was published in June 26, 2018. Brief Summary of Book: An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
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