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Jolene Tan

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Singapore, Singapore

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http://www.jolenetan.org

Genre

Fiction

Member Since

February 2014

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Jolene Tan is a writer from Singapore who lives in England. She has also lived in Germany.

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Average rating: 3.91 · 396 ratings · 88 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	After The Inquiry 3.93 avg rating — 192 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Certain Exposure 3.84 avg rating — 183 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Singapore Citizens' Agenda by New Naratif, Kirsten Han (Goodreads Author), Mohan Dutta 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saturday's Surprisingly Super-Duper Lesson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“For her and Nurul merely to share a meal cooked in their own kitchen was a triumph; to wake up together each morning a luxury.”
― Jolene Tan, A Certain Exposure

tags: debut, fiction, lgbt, novel, singapore

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“Saying nothing at all, whatever the circumstances, was their established mode of shared existence.”
― Jolene Tan, A Certain Exposure

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“These doors opened in further questions. Though she perceived, sharply, the necessity of action, its closer contours were shrouded in the fog of her own intentions.”
― Jolene Tan, A Certain Exposure

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