Book review: Suchen Christine Lim’s Dearest Intimate draws nuanced portrait of love and sexuality

Suchen Christine Lim's Dearest Intimate tells the story of a cross-dressing opera star and her granddaughter who is trapped in an abusive marriage. PHOTOS: ST FILE, MARSHALL CAVENDISH
Ong Sor Fern
Senior Culture Correspondent
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Nov 19, 2022, 03:41 PM
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Nov 19, 2022, 03:00 PM
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Dearest Intimate

Fiction
By Suchen Christine Lim
Fiction/Marshall Cavendish/391 pages/Paperback/$29.96/Books Kinokuniya
3/5

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