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This Place Called Absence
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This Place Called Absence Hardback - 2002

by Lydia Kwa

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In "This Place Called Absence," newcomer Lydia Kwa spins a breathtaking tale that slips back and forth, as smoothly as silk, between the past and present. Kwa's spellbinding voice transports readers from the muddy, mosquito-ridden fields of 1900 China to the whorehouses and gambling dens of turn-of-the-century Singapore; from the markets and neighborhoods of contemporary southeast Asia to the offices and libraries of modern-day Vancouver, as she interweaves the stories of four remarkable women whose strikingly disparate worlds converge in a vibrant tapestry.

Successful psychologist Wu Lan left Singapore to build a new life in North America, yet twenty years later, has still not shaken the remnants of her traditional Asian upbringing -- nor her parents' baffled disillusionment with her controversial life choices. Now, in the wake of her father's suicide, she is tormented by guilt, and obsessively seeks answers within the pages of musty, obscure library volumes.

Her mother, on the other side of the Pacific, must come to terms with both the devastating loss of her husband -- and of her daughter.

Nearly a century has passed since young Lee Ah Choi was sold into prostitution by her family, yet her voice resonates as her story unfolds, intertwined with that of runaway Chow Chat Mui. Together Ah Choi and Chat Mui face the brutal days in the Singapore brothel they now call home -- and the sensuous, opium-infused nights in each other's arms.

With a startlingly vivid sense of place. and rich in unforgettable characters whose lives are bound by a common thread of spirit and survival, "This Place Called Absence" is a powerful, compelling story of family and friendship, loyalty and love,that will linger in our thoughts long after the last page has been turned.

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  • Title This Place Called Absence
  • Author Lydia Kwa
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 218
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Kensington Publishing Corporation, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2002-03-01
  • ISBN 9780758201478 / 0758201478
  • Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.48 x 5.86 x 0.88 in (21.54 x 14.88 x 2.24 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Mothers and daughters, Domestic fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001091609
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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