Never before has Yin Ling appeared in such splendour. Perched up in the bridal car with her mother-in-law to be, in layers of unaccustomed make-up, bedecked with the jewels of her fiance's family, she is about to marry into one of the richest and most influential clans in Singapore. But on the way to the ceremony the car passes through a destitute ...
'It was a special protection from the gods that Silver Frond's beauty manifested itself only after the barbarians had left...A beautiful child-woman, in that intriguing in-between stage when people could not tell where innocence ended and seductiveness began, and were charmed by both.' One morning in Singapore more than fifty years ago, The ...
A story set in 50's Malaya at the height of the communist guerilla activity. This is a backdrop for a story of love, passion, desire and duty as a beautiful married chinese women, Mei Kwei falls in love with priest who saves the woman caught with Mei's husband from public embarresment.
A novel about a peasant girl in Singapore who is sold as a servant to the House of Wu, where she becomes the playmate and, eventually, the lover of the young heir.
This tale of forbidden passion between a beautiful Chinese woman and a French priest of the exotic Malaya of the '50s fuses the elegance of Amy Tan with the authenticity of Jung Chan, to create a fascinating world of characters.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BCA
Date Published: 1997
Description: Very Good in VERY GOOD jacket. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BCA
Date Published: 1997
Description: Very Good in VERY GOOD jacket. Smart, clean and overall decent hardback copy in similar dustwrapper. No major defects-unabridged, clean, complete, not falling apart; some light wear. A perfectly good reading or reference copy. read more
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