Title: Lane with no name : memoirs & poems of a Malaysian-Chinese girlhood /
Authors: Tham, Hilary, 1946-
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Tham, Hilary, Childhood and youth.; Women poets, American Biography.; Chinese Malaysia Social life and customs.; Asian American women Biography.; Malaysian poetry (Chinese); Poets, American Biography; Malaysian poetry (Chinese); Chinese Malaysia Poetry.
Abstract: "Hilary Tham's memoirs reveal the many images, cultures, myths, and memories out of which her poetry has emerged. Tham recalls a life of many textures: her Chinese ancestry, her family's life in Malaysia, her early education and conversion to Christianity, her university studies, marriage to a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer, and more. Amidst memories of her raffish father and inspired, over-worked mother are stories of monkey raids, egg noodles, a lascivious Buddhist monk, marriages, funerals, neighbors - and the breaching of taboos."--BOOK JACKET. "The poems interspersed in the text and the "family album" photographs enrich this narrative of a life in which poetry, passion, warmth, stubbornness, community, and clarity of thought all play leading roles."--Jacket.