Book | Bitter-Sweet Harvest

Hello guys!It's lovely Thursday morning with the beautiful sunshine, hear the bird humming and living in the country side is so lively and lovely *happy mode on*.

I just found new book in store and gladly want to share with all.It's from our local writer Chan Ling Yap.Bitter-Sweet Harvest tells of the difficulties and tensions involved in a marriage between a Malay Muslim and a Chinese Christian.Sound interesting and try to grab one peepz! 

The front cover of Bitter-Sweet Harvest features an early 19th century lidded Nyonya jar. The jar is set against a background symbolic of contrasting cultures: mosques, cathedrals and the spires of Oxford.Nyonya porcelain originates from China and was made especially for early Chinese immigrants who settled initially in Malacca, adopting the way of life, dress and even speech of the Malays living there. In the early days of their migration, which go as far back as the 15th and 16th century, many of these ‘Straits Chinese’ married local Malay women. 

Here a little about the book | Set in a Malaysia emerging from the outbreak of racial conflict in 1969,Bitter-Sweet Harvest tells of thedifficulties and tensions involved in a marriage between a Malay Muslim and a Chinese Christian. Atmospheric, dramatic, action-packed and intriguing, it is pepperedwith local flavour evoking the heat, colours and sounds of Southeast Asia. The novel takes the reader on a spell-binding journey through contrasting cultures: from the learned spires of Oxford in England to the East coast of Malaysia; from Singapore to Italy and on toIndonesia. 

Bitter-Sweet Harvest is the sequel to the novel Sweet Offerings. The stories can be read in any order and are complete in themselves.

Get this one too!