The Interpreters Daughter A Family Memoir Teresa Lim by Teresa Lim instant download after payment.

I would learn that when families tell stories, what they leave out re-defines what they keep in. With my family, these were not secrets intentionally withheld. Just truths too painful to confront.In the last years of her life, Teresa Lim's mother, Violet Chang, had copies of a cherished family photograph made for those in the portrait who were still alive. The photo is mounted on cream card with the name of the studio stamped at the bottom in Chinese characters.

The place & date on the back: Hong Kong, 1935.

Teresa would often look at this photograph, enticed by the fierceness & beauty of her great-aunt Fanny looking back at her. But Fanny never seemed to feature in the family stories that were always being told & retold. Why? she wondered.

This photograph set Teresa on a journey to uncover her family's remarkable history. Through detective work, serendipity, & the kindness of strangers, she was guided to the fascinating, ordinary, yet extraordinary life of her great-aunt & her world of sworn spinsters, ghost husbands & the working-class feminists of 19th century south China. But to recover her great-aunt's past, we first must get to know Fanny's family, the times &  circumstances in which they lived, & the momentous yet forgotten conflicts that would lead to war in Singapore &, ultimately, a long-buried family tragedy.
The Interpreter's Daughter is a beautifully moving record of an extraordinary family history. For fans of Wild Swans, The Hare With Amber Eyes, & Falling Leaves, The Interpreter's Daughter is a classic in the making.

Teresa Lim grew up in Singapore but has lived in London since 1992. She read Economics & Sociology with Anthropology at the University of Singapore before working as a business journalist & in finance for many years. After moving to the UK she wrote a fortnightly column o