A glittering, bold, darkly funny novel about twosistersone in New York, one in Singaporewho are bound by an ancient secret

Sisterhood is difficult for Su and Emerald. Su leads asheltered, moneyed life as the picture-perfect wife of a conservativepolitician in Singapore. Emerald is a nihilistic sugar baby in New York, livingfrom whim to whim and using her charms to make ends meet. But they share asecret: once, they were snakes, basking under a full moon in Tang dynastyChina.

A thousand years later, their mysterious history is the onlything still binding them together. When Emerald experiences a violent encounterin Central Park and Su boards the next flight to New York, the two reach atenuous reconciliation for the first time in decades. Su convinces Emerald tomove to Singapore so she can keep an eye on herbut she soon begins to worrythat Emeralds irrepressible behavior will out them both, in a sparkling,affluent city where everything runs like clockwork and any deviation from thenorm is automatically suspect.

Razor-sharp, hilarious, and raw in emotion,SisterSnakeexplores chosen family, queerness, passing, and the struggleagainst conformity. Reimagining the Chinese folktale The Legend of the WhiteSnake, this is a novel about being seen for who you areand, ultimately, howto live free.

About the Author

Amanda Lee Koewas born and raised in Singaporeand has lived in New York, Beijing, Berlin and Bangkok. Her debut novel,DelayedRays of a Star(Doubleday, 2019) was named a Most Anticipated TitlebyELLE, Los Angeles Times, Thrillist,andUSA Today,and one of NPR’s Best Books of The Year.

Amanda has received fellowships fromthe New York Foundation for the Arts, PEN America, the University of Iowa’sInternational Writing Program, the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, the NationalArts Council of Singapore, and the Fndation Jan Michalski.She waspreviously fiction editor ofEsquire Singapore.