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A Different Sky

A Different Sky

by Meira Chand (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

    $6.52
Synopsis

Singapore is a trading post where different lives jostle and mix. It is 1927, and three young people are starting to question whether this inbetween island can ever truly be their home. Mei Lan comes from a famous Chinese dynasty but yearns to free herself from its stifling traditions; ten-year-old Howard seethes at the indignities heaped on his fellow Eurasians by the colonial British; and, Raj, fresh off the boat from India, wants only to work hard and become a successful businessman. As the years pass, and the Second World War sweeps through the east, with the Japanese occupying Singapore, the three are thrown together in unexpected ways, and tested to breaking point. Richly evocative, "A Different Sky" paints a scintillating panorama of thirty tumultuous years in Singapore's history through the passions and struggles of characters the reader will find it hard to forget.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 496
 Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 01 Jul 2010
ISBN 10: 1846553431
ISBN 13: 9781846553431
Book Overview: A dazzling novel telling the history of Singapore through the moving stories of three families whose lives become intertwined.

Media Reviews
An exotic, challenging, and heartbreaking novel. * Hong Ying, author of Daughter of the River *
This meticulously researched book is alive with engrossing detail, whether on the odour of Chinatown, the privations of a guerilla camp or the appalling rituals of foot binding. -- Maya Jaggi * Guardian *
Chand is a skilled storyteller and a conscientious researcher who weaves gripping adventure, magnificent romance and well-informed history into the sort of book it's difficult to put down and impossible to read in bed if you want a good night's sleep! -- Sarah Bower * Historic Novels Review *
Author Bio
The author of seven previous novels, Meira Chand is of Indian-Swiss parentage. Born and educated in London, she has lived most of her adult life in Japan, apart from some time in India during the seventies. In 1997 she moved to Singapore. She is involved in several programmes to mentor young writers in Singapore, and has recently been writer in residence at Mansfield College, Oxford and also at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia.