After being diagnosed with cancer in 2009, Selina Siak Chin Yoke decided on a career change. She quit her job as a city trader and started writing. She has since written two books, the first of which took inspiration from her great-grandmother and explored Malaya in the 19th century
Chye Hoon, the main character of this wonderful story, is a strong girl who's constantly struggling with the day-by-day routine in the third part of the world. She dreamed of going to school, but she was supposed to be a cook, and the hardest thing f...
