The rice mother
By: Rani Manicka.
Publisher: Sceptre
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
Subjects: Women -- Malaysia -- Fiction.; Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.; Malaysia -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Rich in myth and magic, The rice mother chronicles the life of one remarkable woman in twentieth century Malaysia. Told through the lyrical voices of Lakshmi and her family, it is a story of laughter and loss, love and betrayal, exploitation and degradation; one where religion and superstition walk hand in hand, and where ghosts and gods are equally commonplace.