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Join the Southwest Book Club to meet author Selina Siak Chin Yoke and discuss her Malayan historical fiction series.
Join the Southwest Book Club to meet author Selina Siak Chin Yoke and discuss her Malayan Series: The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds (Book 1, 2016) and When the Future Comes Too Soon (Book 2, 2017). Each book in the historical fiction series can be read independently and in any order. Each book follows a different generation of the same family – the Wong family– and tells not only their human story but also the story of the country they live in– British Malaya.
Of Malaysian-Chinese heritage, Selina Siak Chin Yoke grew up listening to family stories and ancient legends. She always knew that one day, she would write. After an eclectic life as a physicist, banker and trader in London, the heavens intervened. In 2009 Chin Yoke was diagnosed with cancer. While recovering, she decided not to delay her dream of writing any longer. The Woman who Breathed Two Worlds, made an immediate emotional connection with readers. It debuted as an Amazon bestseller in historical fiction, was named by Goodreads as one of the six best books in the month of its release and has been favorably compared to the work of Pearl S. Buck and Amy Tan. When the Future Comes Too Soon is her latest novel. It follows an ordinary Malayan family through the Second World War.
Anyone age 18 or older is welcome to attend. The book club meets monthly at the Southwest Branch Library. No registration needed. For more information, please call 407.835.7323 or email southwest@ocls.info.
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