Description
| Product ID: | 9789814882279 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The House of Little Sisters |
| Authors: | Author: Eva WongNava |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | ‘An engrossing read … a testimony of Eva Wong Nava’s attention to period details and exquisite storytelling skills’- Felix Cheong, award-winning author of Sprawl: A Graphic Novel ‘A beautiful, haunting, visceral experience. You'll savour the sights, sounds and smells of pre-WW II Singapore and be mesmerized by a cast of characters as delicately layered and sumptuously rich as a delicious kueh lapis. If this book were a dish, it would deserve five Michelin Stars. Eva Wong-Nava cooks up a special tale that will be savoured by generations to come.’- Dave Seow, children’s book author of more than 45 books A SUPERNATURAL EXPOSÉ OF A PAST SYSTEM THAT STILL HAS A TIGHT GRIP ON CONTEMPORARY SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA It's August of 1931 in Singapore, sixteen-year-old Lim Mei Mei (Ah Mei) arrives at the home of Eminent Mister Lee on the eve of the Hungry Ghost Month. She has been sold to the family as a mui tsai, an indentured servant girl. At the Lee household, Lim Mei Mei's life education begins. There she encounters the spirit of Ah Lian, a mui tsai, who paid the ultimate price for her mistake. Through Ah Lian, Ah Mei discovers the plight of mui tsai, who are both helpless and powerful, and uncovers a shameful secret lurking in the shadows in the Lee house. Ah Mei also meets and falls in love with Hassan Mohamed, an Indian-Muslim and an aspiring poet, breaking every clause in the rule book of love in 1930s British Malaya. She becomes Hassan's Polar Star, and the young lovers must find a way to stay together. Through a twist of fate, Ah Mei finds a solution that will keep her and Hassan together, at the same time gaining agency that will secure her own future as an uneducated servant girl in British Malaya. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Random House SEA |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-02-22 |