Yvonne Vaz at the launch of her book, This is My Song, at the Saligão Institute, March 7, 2023
Channel: Frederick FN Noronha
Date: 2023-03-07

YVONNE VAZ has authored two previous books.  Till she did that, very few had noticed the generations-old migratory connections between Burma, Goa and the rest of India.

This is My Song is different though.  It tells her own personal story, of a diasporic life in idyllic Burma, the challenges of losing a limb due to a sudden and unexpected event, having to leave a secure, comfortable home in troubled Burma and return to her ancestral land of Goa.

These stories and more about generations of her family appear on these pages.

Read closely in-between the lines; it tells the story of a historic era through the eyes of an ordinary individual who lived through the political turmoil, the economic struggles, migration and starting life anew.

The ups and downs in her life were accompanied by the music from the love and kindness of family and friends.

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"This is My Song, Yvonne Vaz's latest book, is a personal journey that we quickly empathise with; a story of violence and pain, fulfilment and family, love and joy, set in diverse lands.  I enjoyed it once and then again!" --Isabel Santa Rita Vaz, Playwright and Author, Professor of English. 

To read a chapter from the book, check The Goa Book Club  here: https://groups.google.com/g/goa-book-club/c/y2hKS83DuaI Recorded by Frederick Noronha (FN).