Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Read and listen as much as you want
  • Over 950 000 titles
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Try now
image.devices-Singapore 2x
Cover for Now That It's Over

Now That It's Over

6 Ratings

3

Duration
8H 21min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fiction

Winner of the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Winner, Singapore Book Awards 2017 (Best Fiction Title)

During the Christmas holidays in 2004, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggers a tsunami that devastates fourteen countries. Two couples from Singapore are vacationing in Phuket when the tsunami strikes. Alternating between the aftermath of the catastrophe and past events that led these characters to that fateful moment, Now That It’s Over weaves a tapestry of causality and regret, and chronicles the physical and emotional wreckage wrought by natural and manmade disasters.

© 2016 O Thiam Chin, Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2021.

© 2021 Storyside (Audiobook): 9789178897360

Release date

Audiobook: 29 June 2021

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. Death of a Perm Sec
    Death of a Perm Sec Wong Souk Yee
  2. State of Emergency
    State of Emergency Jeremy Tiang
  3. A Certain Exposure
    A Certain Exposure Jolene Tan
  4. Ten Things My Father Never Taught Me and Other Stories
    Ten Things My Father Never Taught Me and Other Stories Cyril Wong
  5. Kappa Quartet
    Kappa Quartet Daryl Qilin Yam
  6. Kopi, Puffs & Dreams
    Kopi, Puffs & Dreams Pallavi Gopinath Aney
  7. ME
    ME Tomoyuki Hoshino
  8. Somebody Loves You
    Somebody Loves You Mona Arshi
  9. The Secret Talker: A Novel
    The Secret Talker: A Novel Geling Yan
  10. Impractical Uses of Cake
    Impractical Uses of Cake Yeoh Jo-Ann
  11. The Mad Kyoto Shoe Swapper and Other Short Stories
    The Mad Kyoto Shoe Swapper and Other Short Stories Rebecca Otowa
  12. Making a Scene
    Making a Scene Constance Wu
  13. The Punkhawala and the Prostitute
    The Punkhawala and the Prostitute Wesley Leon Aroozoo
  14. Seasons of Purgatory
    Seasons of Purgatory Shahriar Mandanipour
  15. Kololo Hill
    Kololo Hill Neema Shah
  16. If It Were Up to Mrs Dada
    If It Were Up to Mrs Dada Cariss Foo
  17. The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza
    The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza Cyril Wong
  18. What You Need From The Night
    What You Need From The Night Laurent Petitmangin
  19. The Eternal Audience of One
    The Eternal Audience of One Rémy Ngamije
  20. Reality No Reality
    Reality No Reality 리아 킴 Lia Kim
  21. Farewell, Ghosts
    Farewell, Ghosts Nadia Terranova
  22. The Mermaid's Tale
    The Mermaid's Tale Lee Wei-Jing
  23. This Is Where I Won't Be Alone
    This Is Where I Won't Be Alone Inez Tan
  24. Fox Fire Girl
    Fox Fire Girl O Thiam Chin
  25. A Living Remedy: A Memoir
    A Living Remedy: A Memoir Nicole Chung
  26. Three O'Clock in the Morning: A Novel
    Three O'Clock in the Morning: A Novel Gianrico Carofiglio
  27. I Was Never the First Lady: A Novel
    I Was Never the First Lady: A Novel Wendy Guerra
  28. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
    How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Julia Alvarez
  29. Ogadinma: Or, Everything Will Be Alright: Or, Everything Will Be Alright
    Ogadinma: Or, Everything Will Be Alright: Or, Everything Will Be Alright Ukamaka Olisakwe
  30. The Last Immigrant
    The Last Immigrant Lau Siew Mei
  31. Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World
    Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World Nell Stevens
  32. Malay Sketches
    Malay Sketches Alfian Sa'at
  33. Rainbirds
    Rainbirds Clarissa Goenawan
  34. Others Were Emeralds: A Novel
    Others Were Emeralds: A Novel Lang Leav
  35. Silence is My Mother Tongue
    Silence is My Mother Tongue Sulaiman Addonia
  36. The Selfless Act of Breathing: A Novel
    The Selfless Act of Breathing: A Novel JJ Bola
  37. Mother Tongue: A Bogotan Story
    Mother Tongue: A Bogotan Story Juan Fernando Hincapié
  38. The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness
    The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness Kyung-sook Shin
  39. Terrace Story: A Novel
    Terrace Story: A Novel Hilary Leichter
  40. The Age of Goodbyes
    The Age of Goodbyes Li Zi Shu
  41. Big Mole
    Big Mole Ming Cher
  42. Undiscovered: A Novel
    Undiscovered: A Novel Gabriela Wiener
  43. The Twilight Zone: A Novel
    The Twilight Zone: A Novel Nona Fernandez
  44. The Other Mrs Walker
    The Other Mrs Walker Mary Paulson-Ellis
  45. Blue Sky Mansion
    Blue Sky Mansion H.Y. Yeang
  46. The Teller of Secrets: A Novel
    The Teller of Secrets: A Novel Bisi Adjapon
  47. The Best American Short Stories 2023
    The Best American Short Stories 2023 Min Jin Lee
  48. Easy Beauty
    Easy Beauty Chloé Cooper Jones
  49. The Laughter: A Novel
    The Laughter: A Novel Sonora Jha
  50. The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree
    The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree Shokoofeh Azar
  51. Swimming Back to Trout River: A Novel
    Swimming Back to Trout River: A Novel Linda Rui Feng
  52. Once We Were There
    Once We Were There Bernice Chauly
  53. Other Names, Other Places
    Other Names, Other Places Ola Mustapha
  54. Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir
    Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir Shoji Morimoto
  55. Fencing with the King: A Novel
    Fencing with the King: A Novel Diana Abu-Jaber
  56. Brood
    Brood Jackie Polzin
  57. Marilyn and Me
    Marilyn and Me Ji-min Lee
  58. Tomorrow I Become a Woman
    Tomorrow I Become a Woman Aiwanose Odafen
  59. Ghost Lover: Stories
    Ghost Lover: Stories Lisa Taddeo
  60. The Book of Mother: A Novel
    The Book of Mother: A Novel Violaine Huisman
  61. Velorio: A Novel
    Velorio: A Novel Xavier Navarro Aquino
  62. The Deceptions: A Novel
    The Deceptions: A Novel Jill Bialosky
  63. 17A Keong Saik Road
    17A Keong Saik Road Charmaine Leung
  64. Salt Lick: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022
    Salt Lick: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022 Lulu Allison
  65. My Cat Yugoslavia
    My Cat Yugoslavia Pajtim Statovci
  66. Shallow Waters: A Novel
    Shallow Waters: A Novel Anita Kopacz
  67. Games and Rituals
    Games and Rituals Katherine Heiny
  68. It Never Rains on National Day
    It Never Rains on National Day Jeremy Tiang
  69. The Minorities
    The Minorities Suffian Hakim
  70. A Leap of Love
    A Leap of Love Catherine Lim
  71. Trust Exercise
    Trust Exercise Susan Choi
  72. Saha: The new novel from the author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
    Saha: The new novel from the author of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 Cho Nam-Joo
  73. Hope and Glory: A Novel
    Hope and Glory: A Novel Jendella Benson
  74. City of Incurable Women
    City of Incurable Women Maud Casey
  75. Little Boxes
    Little Boxes Cecilia Knapp
  76. Making a Scene
    Making a Scene Constance Wu
  77. Yonder: A Novel
    Yonder: A Novel Jabari Asim
  78. Constellations: Reflections From Life
    Constellations: Reflections From Life Sinéad Gleeson
  79. The East Indian
    The East Indian Brinda Charry
  80. Passing
    Passing Nella Larsen
  81. The Mermaid from Jeju
    The Mermaid from Jeju Sumi Hahn
  82. And Yet: Poems
    And Yet: Poems Kate Baer
  83. The Position
    The Position Meg Wolitzer
  84. The Last Exiles
    The Last Exiles Ann Shin
  85. How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir
    How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir Safiya Sinclair
  86. Evening Hero
    Evening Hero Marie Myung-Ok Lee
  87. Is This OK?: One Woman's Search For Connection Online
    Is This OK?: One Woman's Search For Connection Online Harriet Gibsone
  88. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Oprah’s Book Club Novel
    The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois: An Oprah’s Book Club Novel Honoree Fanonne Jeffers
  89. Stargazer
    Stargazer Laurie Petrou
  90. The Unforgotten: A Novella
    The Unforgotten: A Novella Julia Ballerini
  91. We, The Survivors
    We, The Survivors Tash Aw
  92. Nimita's Place
    Nimita's Place Akshita Nanda
  93. Evil and the Mask
    Evil and the Mask Fuminori Nakamura

Features:

  • Over 950 000 titles

  • Kids Mode (child safe environment)

  • Download books for offline access

  • Cancel anytime

Most popular

Unlimited

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$12.98 /month
3 days for free
  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Unlimited Bi-yearly

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$69 /6 months
14 days for free
Save 11%
  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Unlimited Yearly

For those who want to listen and read without limits.

S$119 /year
14 days for free
Save 24%
  • 1 account

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

Try now

Family

For those who want to share stories with family and friends.

From S$14.90/month
  • 2-3 accounts

  • Unlimited Access

  • Unlimited listening

  • Cancel anytime

2 accounts

S$14.90 /month
Try now