Essays
What We Keep
Mei-Ling Chua
On Objects and Memory
Why a chipped bowl outlives the person who chipped it. An essay collection about inheritance, clutter and grief.
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Why a chipped bowl outlives the person who chipped it. An essay collection about inheritance, clutter and grief. Printed on uncoated stock with a sewn binding, so it will lie flat on the table where you left it.
Standard delivery is RM12 and arrives in 2–4 working days across Peninsular Malaysia, 4–7 to East Malaysia. Free on orders over RM150. Returns accepted within 30 days in resaleable condition — email us and we will send a label.
“Nobody tells you that the hour before everyone else wakes belongs to you entirely, and that you can simply take it.”
4.8
Based on 154 reviews
Nurul A.
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Read it in two sittings. The last chapter genuinely made me put the book down and go for a walk. Beautifully made object too — the paper is lovely.
Jason L.
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Slower than I expected in the middle third, but it earns it. Would happily hand this to someone who says they have stopped reading.
Priya M.
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Bought one for myself and two as gifts. The shop wrapped them without being asked. That is the whole review.
Picked by hand, not by algorithm — these are what we hand people at the counter.