| Description |
xvi, 216 pages ; 20 cm |
| Note |
Novel. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Summary |
"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"--Back cover. |
| Subject |
Indentured servants -- Malaysia -- Fiction.
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Singaporean fiction (English)
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Young adult fiction.
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Indentured servants (OCoLC)fst00968872
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Singaporean fiction (English) (OCoLC)fst01432192
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Young adult fiction (OCoLC)fst01183080
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Malaya (OCoLC)fst01219926
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Historical fiction (OCoLC)fst01726640
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Paranormal fiction (OCoLC)fst01921727
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Romance fiction (OCoLC)fst01921732
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Historical fiction.
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Paranormal fiction.
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Romance fiction.
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| Added Author |
Penguin Random House SEA Pte. Ltd., publisher.
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| ISBN |
9789814882279 |
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9814882275 |
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