{"product_id":"eva-nava-wong-the-house-of-little-sisters-9789814882279","title":"The House of Little Sisters","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 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '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 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A SUPERNATURAL EXPOSÉ OF A PAST SYSTEM THAT STILL HAS A TIGHT GRIP ON CONTEMPORARY SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.","brand":"Penguin Random House Sea","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53600997769558,"sku":"9789814882279-V","price":5.47,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9789814882279_1_734eefd1-bbfd-4c54-8d95-5d1160829e11.jpg?v=1781720731","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/eva-nava-wong-the-house-of-little-sisters-9789814882279","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}