The Thorn of Lion City
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The Thorn of Lion City by Lucy Lum
An intense and emotive memoir of one girls difficult family upbringing in a Singaporean Chinese family during the Second World War.‘“The Thorn of Lion City” is a remarkable story of a matriarchal household in Singapore, full of superstitions and domestic human rights violations and the liberating kindness of a devoted father, against the brutal background of the Japanese invasionIt is wonderfully told and has a bright filament of honesty.’ Hugo Hamilton
‘Set against the Japanese invasion of Singapore, “The Thorn of Lion City “ is a heart-wrenching story of a young girl’s blossoming away from her grandmother’s cruel and repressive Chinese values. Brave and compelling, it opens an important and forgotten page of twentieth-century history.’ Yiyun Li
Lucy Lum was born in Singapore in 1933 and lived through the Japanese occupation during the Second World War. In 1970 she emigrated to London, where she now lives with her family.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780007200351 |
| ISBN 10 | 0007200358 |
| Title | The Thorn of Lion City |
| Author | Lucy Lum |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2008-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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