{"product_id":"9789815233056","title":"Stamford Hospital","description":"Author: Songkaeo, Thammika\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9789815233056\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Random House SEA\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Jul 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 286 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA statement to the profound loneliness available to only those who commit to love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman. A hospital room. A marriage coming undone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Singapore, an ambitious, emotionally depleted expatriate mother checks her barely ill daughter into an upscale hospital-not out of medical necessity, but as a quiet, desperate act of self-preservation. For two nights, in the stillness of white sheets and fluorescent light, she finally breathes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer marriage is stable but sexless. Her career, stalled. Motherhood has become a performance she can no longer sustain-especially when she feels little love as a wife to a man untouched by desire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this raw, daring autofictive debut, Thammika Songkaeo explores what happens when a woman on the brink dares to confront the demons in her mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in Singapore but emotionally borderless, Stamford Hospital is a piercing portrait of burnout, resentment, and the silent rebellions that so often go unnoticed. This is a novel for anyone who has ever felt imprisoned by loneliness inside the very family they built.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Dissecting motherhood, marriage, and the cost of selfhood with razor-sharp precision.'\u003ci\u003e - Elle Singapore\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48243022266526,"sku":"UBD-9789815233056","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9789815233056.jpg?v=1788782362","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9789815233056","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}