A magical realist journey to repair a fractured mother-daughter relationship, set against a near-future Singapore where a frightening epidemic turns people into two-toed sloths Leia Ooi’s husband died two years ago, and she’s raising their children on her own; in addition, her father is approaching eighty, and her mother is literally now a two-toed sloth. She feels stuck in her life and ambitions, a victim of the sandwich generation. Then, on the cusp of Singapore’s ninetieth birthday, as a new and frightening epidemic threatens the country, a well-meaning acquaintance kidnaps Leia’s mother from her habitat, and mother and daughter must go on the run from the authorities. As Leia confronts her unresolved grief, a series of uncanny encounters makes her doubt her own sanity and whether she’ll ever be able to return to a normal life.
