Crossings: The Best Hainanese Chicken Rice And Other Life Dilemmas
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A 10-year-old struggles with what filial piety entails.
A secretary is asked to take over her takeover boss.
Two seekers brave a storm for the worldās best Hainanese chicken rice.Crossings: The Best Hainanese Chicken Rice And Other Life Dilemmas gathers 12 tales of ordinary people thrust into predicaments, often of their own making. At these critical crossings, their choices can reshape their futures in unexpected and irreversible ways. Though the short stories are bookended by events in a cafĆ©, they traverse a wide array of settings: from a judgeās sombre chambers to the perilous rooftop of a mansion and the eerie calm of a cemetery. The characters wrestle with dilemmas such as addiction, prospective partners and personal bankruptcy, offering windows into the complexities of modern life. At the heart of these tales are weighty moral questions, as varied as pro-choice/pro-life, the death penalty, and the tangled threads of social justice. Yet, the characters remain deeply relatable ā flawed, driven by their desires, and doing their best to navigate lifeās uncertainties. Each story invites reflection on the pivotal crossings we all face. They remind us that even the smallest action can ripple into unforeseen consequences ā sometimes quietly, sometimes explosively.
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āRiveting. I just canāt put the book down.ā
āProfessor Lim Soo Ping, Bestselling AuthorāA master storyteller. Twelve short stories with humour, heart, wit and unexpected twists.ā
āLee Suan Hiang, Former CEO, National Arts CouncilāWell-crafted. Willie looks fearlessly at life on our little Red Dot.ā
āMeira Chand, Recipient, 2023 Cultural MedallionāClear and crisp. Chockfull of urban dilemmas that scale the gamut of genres.ā
āYong Shu Hoong, Winner, 2024 Singapore Literature Prize (English Poetry)āDelicious. Each story is bitter-sweet.ā
āGeorge Yeo, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs -
Willie Cheng is an accidental author. During his career in management consulting, his writing focused mainly on business proposals and reports. Upon retirement, he became actively engaged with charities and corporate boards, sparking his interest in the interplay between the social and business sectors. He began to explore and write about the differences between the two domains and how governance could enhance and bridge them. This led to several non-fiction works on corporate governance and the social ecosystem, most notably the Doing Good book series. Crossings: The Best Hainanese Chicken Rice and Other Life Dilemmas marks his fiction debut. The book blends social and moral issues with scenarios that examine human behaviour at its extremes. These stories are framed by a fictionalised account of Crossings CafƩ, a social enterprise he co-founded.
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- Description
- Praise
- About the Editor
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A 10-year-old struggles with what filial piety entails.
A secretary is asked to take over her takeover boss.
Two seekers brave a storm for the worldās best Hainanese chicken rice.Crossings: The Best Hainanese Chicken Rice And Other Life Dilemmas gathers 12 tales of ordinary people thrust into predicaments, often of their own making. At these critical crossings, their choices can reshape their futures in unexpected and irreversible ways. Though the short stories are bookended by events in a cafĆ©, they traverse a wide array of settings: from a judgeās sombre chambers to the perilous rooftop of a mansion and the eerie calm of a cemetery. The characters wrestle with dilemmas such as addiction, prospective partners and personal bankruptcy, offering windows into the complexities of modern life. At the heart of these tales are weighty moral questions, as varied as pro-choice/pro-life, the death penalty, and the tangled threads of social justice. Yet, the characters remain deeply relatable ā flawed, driven by their desires, and doing their best to navigate lifeās uncertainties. Each story invites reflection on the pivotal crossings we all face. They remind us that even the smallest action can ripple into unforeseen consequences ā sometimes quietly, sometimes explosively.
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āRiveting. I just canāt put the book down.ā
āProfessor Lim Soo Ping, Bestselling AuthorāA master storyteller. Twelve short stories with humour, heart, wit and unexpected twists.ā
āLee Suan Hiang, Former CEO, National Arts CouncilāWell-crafted. Willie looks fearlessly at life on our little Red Dot.ā
āMeira Chand, Recipient, 2023 Cultural MedallionāClear and crisp. Chockfull of urban dilemmas that scale the gamut of genres.ā
āYong Shu Hoong, Winner, 2024 Singapore Literature Prize (English Poetry)āDelicious. Each story is bitter-sweet.ā
āGeorge Yeo, Former Minister for Foreign Affairs -
Willie Cheng is an accidental author. During his career in management consulting, his writing focused mainly on business proposals and reports. Upon retirement, he became actively engaged with charities and corporate boards, sparking his interest in the interplay between the social and business sectors. He began to explore and write about the differences between the two domains and how governance could enhance and bridge them. This led to several non-fiction works on corporate governance and the social ecosystem, most notably the Doing Good book series. Crossings: The Best Hainanese Chicken Rice and Other Life Dilemmas marks his fiction debut. The book blends social and moral issues with scenarios that examine human behaviour at its extremes. These stories are framed by a fictionalised account of Crossings CafƩ, a social enterprise he co-founded.
