A nyonya mosaic : memoirs of a peranakan childhood / William Gwee Thian Hock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gwee, Thian Hock.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peranakan (Asian people)--Social life and customs.

Peranakan (Asian people).

Peranakan (Asian people)--Singapore--Biography.

Seow, Leong Neo, 1912---Childhood and youth.

Seow, Leong Neo.

Gwee, Thian Hock--Family.

Gwee, Thian Hock.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Memoirs of a peranakan childhood

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Set in Singapore in the 1910s, A Nyonya Mosaic is the story of a young girl growing up in a slowly changing world. William Gwee Thian Hock relates the childhood impressions of his Nyonya mother through her own eyes - the scenes of happiness, birthdays and weddings; and the inevitable disease and death; the childish passions and fears woven through the mosaic of a strict and sometimes unrelenting culture; as intricate and as colourful in its every detail. Much in the foreground is the family, her matriarchal grandmother, her dogmatic father and her siblings, all with their own stories, but alwa

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Note to 2013 Edition; Preface; 1 Family; 2 Staff and Surroundings; 3 The Birthday; 4 The Preparations; 5 The Big Event; 6 At Leisure; 7 The Tradesmen; 8 The Inevitable; 9 Growing Up; 10 New Year Preparations; 11 A New Beginning; About the Author; By the same author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

981-4435-52-X