“She remembered the way the damp, coarse sand had clumped to her legs and hands, and burrowed beneath her nails and into the folds of her clothes, and she had wondered why the British children in her storybooks were always excited about going to the beach—just as now she wondered why the light from the lighthouse seemed to be coming from the landward side of the expressway. “I thought a lighthouse is out at sea.” LiteratureFictionShort StoriesSingaporeLighthouseEpigram Books Book:Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One Source: Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One