A morning chill laces the air. Laila tightens her jacket. The pelican is now far away, paddling downstream, leaving behind a ribbon of the vaguest white. She follows the line of the Murray into the distance. Ahead it turns and the land makes a sudden stark outline against the disappearing glint of the water. She feels a pull, as if the river is taking her along with it, and at once remembers: that was what the Rejang River used to do to her.
Siew Siang Tay
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Excerpt from Handpicked
HarperCollins Australia, April 2009
"...captures the complexity of human motivation and
self-delusion very well."
Sydney Morning Herald, 25 April 2009
"The novel commands the reader's attention."
The Age, 9 May 2009
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