Book description
Wild Swans meets Educated in this riveting true story spanning four generations
'Revelatory and remarkable' - TRENT DALTON
'Memorable and vivid' - RICHARD GLOVER
'Lands with a thump in your heart' - LISA MILLAR
'Heartbreaking and uplifting' - MEAGHAN WILSON ANASTASIOS
'An heroic saga' - MIKE MUNRO
The dragon circles…
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This book is a sweeping, multigenerational, cinematic memoir spanning from the Chinese silk trade to WWII Japanese-occupied Hong Kong and, finally, suburban Australia. I love true stories where we learn about history and cultures through fascinating characters. In House of Kwa, Mimi’s eccentric father, Francis, may have put the war behind him, but Mimi certainly bears his scars.
Imagine what it’s like to receive a legal letter notifying you that your father is suing you. That’s what turned Mimi’s hair gray overnight. Francis sued his daughter over the distribution of his sister’s estate, Mimi’s doting, nurturing, globe-trotting Aunt Theresa.…
From Karen's list on war & displacement affects families.
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