![]() ![]() ![]() 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.Īn 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. 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. In lucid prose, Lim lays bare the complexities of migration and displacement, while offering a clear-eyed meditation on the elusive nature of human devotion. 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. An Ocean of Minutes is a devastating and timely novel about courage, yearning, the cost of holding on to the past - and the price of letting it go. Thea Lims An Ocean of Minutes is that rare thing - a speculative novel that is as heartfelt as it is philosophical. ![]() When Frank catches the virus, his girlfriend Polly will do whatever it takes to save him, even if it means risking everything. ![]() Īmerica is in the grip of a deadly flu pandemic. An unforgettable love story of two people who are at once mere weeks and many years apart, for fans of Station Eleven. ![]()
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