![]() Buck, and Gabriel García Márquez will love this debut novel, which is also the first in Chin Yoke’s Malayan series. ![]() ![]() ![]() With well-developed characters and rich landscapes, readers are immersed in Malayan culture. Set between the late 1800s and the onset of World War II, this novel is a sweeping saga of one woman clinging to her traditions while the world transforms around her. As a result, Chye Hoon precariously balances between the two worlds doing her best to keep the family together. While she wants to pass along her family’s traditions, she’s afraid it will push her children away. As the world enters the twentieth century, Chye Hoon is torn when her sons and daughters begin to adopt Western ways. Everyone is happy until tragedy strikes, and Chye Hoon must rely heavily upon her Malayan-Chinese culture to save her family. The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds The Malayan Series, Book 1 By: Selina Siak Chin Yoke Narrated by: Christine Rendel Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins 4.4 (298 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. Later, she marries a Chinese man named Peng Choon, and they move to a small town and have ten children. As a young girl, Chye Hoon dreams of going to school and learning to read, but when her mother tells her that life is not meant for a Nyonya (women of mixed Malayan-Chinese heritage), she settles for a new dream of cooking traditional Nyonya food. ![]()
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