Lane with no name
Subtitle: memoirs & poems of a Malaysian-Chinese girlhood
By: Hilary Tham.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: Tham, Hilary, 1946- -- Childhood and youth; Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography; Chinese -- Malaysia -- Social life and customs; Asian American women -- Biography; Chinese -- Malaysia -- Poetry
Description: "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.