Sweet offerings
By: by Chan Ling Yap
Publisher: Pen Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Brighton [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781906710989
Subjects: Fiction; Malaysian fiction (English); History
Description: "Set in the late 1930s and 1960s, this is the tale of Mei Yin, a young Chinese girl from an impoverished family. Her destiny is shaped when she is sent to Kuala Lumpar to become the ward and companion of the tyrannical and bitter Su Hei who is looking for a suitable wife for her son Ming Kong ... and ultimately a grandson and heir to the family dynasty. 'Sweet Offerings' is not just a fictional story of the events that ripped one family apart, but a taste of Malaysia's historical political and cultural changes during its transition from colonial rule to independence and beyond"--Page 4 of cover.