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090	0	0	_a951.0330922 _bLIM _dG
100	1		_aLim, Teresa, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aThe Interpreter's Daughter / _cTERESA LIM
264		1	_a[London] : _bMichael Joseph, _c2022
264		4	_c©2022
300			_axiii, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps (some colour), _c24 cm
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
520			_a"In the last years of her life, Teresa Lim's mother, Violet Chang, had copies of a cherished family photograph made for those in the portrait who were still alive. Mounted on cream card, with the name of the studio stamped at the bottom in Chinese characters. The place and date on the back: Hong Kong, 1935. Teresa would often look at this photograph, enticed by the fierceness and beauty of her great-aunt Fanny looking back at her. But Fanny never seemed to feature in the told and retold family stories. Why? she wondered. This photograph set Teresa on a journey to uncover her family's remarkable history. Through detective work, serendipity, and the kindness of strangers, she was guided to the fascinating, ordinary, extraordinary life of her great-aunt and her world of sworn spinsters, ghost husbands and the working-class feminists of 19th century south China. But to recover her great-aunt's past, we first must get to know Fanny's family, the times and circumstances in which they lived, and the momentous yet forgotten conflicts that would lead to war in Singapore and, ultimately, a long-buried family tragedy"-- _cPublisher's description
600	1		_aLim, Teresa _xFamily
600	0		_aChang _vFamily
651	0		_aChina _xBiography
651	0		_aSingapore _xBiography
655		7	_aFamily histories
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