A Nyonya Mosaic To 25 Pages26 To 50 Pages51 To 75 Pages76 To 100 Pages101 To 125 Pages126 To 150 Pages151 To 175 Pages176 To 200 Pages201 To 217

Download or read book A Nyonya Mosaic: to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 217 written by Thian Hock Gwee and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Singapore in the 1910s, A Nyonya Mosaic is the story of a young girl growing up in a slowly changing world. William Gwee Thian Hock relates the childhood impressions of his Nyonya mother through her own eyes - the scenes of happiness, birthdays and weddings; and the inevitable disease and death; the childish passions and fears woven through the mosaic of a strict and sometimes unrelenting culture; as intricate and as colourful in its every detail. Much in the foreground is the family, her matriarchal grandmother, her dogmatic father and her siblings, all with their own stories, but alwa.