The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds
The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds

Author: Selina Siak Chin Yoke

Publisher: AmazonCrossing

Published: 2016-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781503939349

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Facing challenges in an increasingly colonial world, Chye Hoon, a rebellious young girl, must learn to embrace her mixed Malayan-Chinese identity as a Nyonya-- and her destiny as a cook, rather than following her first dream of attending school like her brother. Chye Hoon begins to appreciate the richness of her traditions, eventually marrying Wong Peng Choon, a Chinese man. Together, they have ten children. But by the 1930s the cultural shift towards the West has begun, and Chye Hoon is in danger of losing the heritage she so prizes as her children move more and more into the modern Western world.

When the Future Comes Too Soon
When the Future Comes Too Soon

Author: Selina Siak Chin Yoke

Publisher: AmazonCrossing

Published: 2017-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781542045759

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In Japanese-occupied Malaya, lives are shattered and a woman discovers her inner strength in a world ravaged by war. Following the death of their matriarch, the lives of Chye Hoon's family are turned upside down. Now that the British have fled and the Japanese have conquered, their once-benign world changes overnight. Amid the turmoil, Chye Hoon's daughter-in-law, Mei Foong, must fend for her family as her husband, Weng Yu, becomes increasingly embittered. Challenged in ways she never could have imagined and forced into hiding, Mei Foong finds a deep reservoir of resilience she did not know she had and soon draws the attentions of another man. Is Mei Foong's resolve enough to save herself, her marriage, and her family? Only when peace returns to Malaya will she learn the full price she must pay for survival.

Nothing to Lose
Nothing to Lose

Author: Lee Child

Publisher: Delacorte Press

Published: 2008-06-03

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0440337801

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