{"product_id":"walking-in-my-sons-footsteps","title":"Walking In My Son's Footsteps","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat would you do to fulfill your child's last wishes? Would you take on a political regime?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Singh was a brilliant writer, talented student, and loyal friend, with a sarcastic sense of humor that was equal parts hilarious and incisive. He was also an activist, ready and willing to take on Singapore's oppressive government system--including its mandatory conscription law. He believed in non-violence and considered himself a conscientious objector, but the Singaporean government didn't care; they conscripted him anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the government refused to honor his wishes, he felt he had no other choice: he took his own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid left behind a prodigious body of work--poems and plays that captured his feelings about Singaporean politics and life at large--as well as a clear message to his father: \"Do not silence me,\" he wrote, \"Let my work live.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWalking in My Son's Footsteps\u003c\/em\u003e, Harmohan Singh does just that; he works to finish what his son started, speaking out against the National Service and Singapore's tyrannical laws, while paying tribute to David's life and work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarmohan deftly weaves together research, letters, David's poems, and his own memories and regrets for a powerful portrait of a young man's life and work--and a demand for change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Couverture souple","offer_id":46532009984210,"sku":"9781949639537","price":19.96,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_4ff2fd21-47c1-4008-bdad-434b062881e9.jpg?v=1762378851","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/fr\/products\/walking-in-my-sons-footsteps","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}