How a Boy and his Eagle in Mongolia Helped a Grieving Singaporean Son to let go – and Create the Book he Needed

Artist Siyuan Aw's debut picture book Our Wings As One began with a solitary journey to Mongolia, and an extraordinary meeting with a boy and his eagle – who taught him the strength to let go, and the courage to begin again.The first time Siyuan Aw met Bekku, the 17-year-old was standing on top of his family’s hut somewhere in Mongolia’s Altai Mountains, phone raised skywards trying to catch a signal and frustrated by the choppy connection. And then he called out to his golden eagle, which emerged from the clouds and landed on his outstretched arm. It was a...