"A beautiful debut."
—Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander and The Revolution of Marina M.

When 7-year-old Anna told a lie to get out of trouble, she didn’t expect her older sister to go missing. Faced with her mother’s wrath and riddled with guilt, Anna tries to make amends as she grapples with the aftermath of her actions.

Until her daughter’s body is found, Su Lai refuses to believe that she has simply disappeared. Turning to a medium as her obsession to find her daughter escalates, the family is sucked into a web of pain and deceit that forces them to confront their own measures of loss. A masterful debut by Jinny Koh, The Gods Will Hear Us Eventually boldly interrogates the extent of familial love and expectation while unravelling the complexities of hope
and redemption.

"A majestic and beautiful novel of perseverance and redemption... a major achievement from a young writer of astonishing and ever-growing gifts."
—Richard Rayner, author of Los Angeles Without A Map and A Bright & Guilty Place, and co-creator of the TV series Knightfall

"At its heart, modestly and sensitively written, this is a story about braving unspeakable cracks that widen upon a tragedy in the family."
—Cyril Wong, author of The Last Lesson of
Mrs. De Souza