#146 - An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
Books and Boba
English - August 03, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 109 ratingsBooks Arts Society & Culture asian-american book-club reading asian authors Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On this episode, we discuss our July 2021 book club pick, An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim, a Sci-Fi time travel novel about a woman who journeys to the future as an indentured worker to save the life of the man she loves in the midst of a global pandemic. The story follows her struggles as a temporally migrant worker as she tries to find her way home while dealing with the aftermath of a devastating pandemic where she no longer has any legal status or citizenship.
Content Warning: Discussion of a scene regarding attempted sexual assault at 45:31 - 47:17
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