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Adrift: My Childhood in Colonial Singapore

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Synopsis:
In 1935, six-year-old Tzi Ki was taken away from his mother in Canton, by his grandmother, to live at Blair Road in Singapore.

This is the first part of David T. K. Wong’s multi-volume family memoir. It traces of his tumultuous growing-up years from his birth in Hong Kong, his early years in Canton, his childhood in Singapore—living with the complicated extended families of his polygamous grandfather and father—to his lean and turbulent early teenage years in Perth after escaping from the Japanese Occupation. This is a unique psychological journey of a young man in the twilight of colonialism, searching for where he belongs.

Pub-EpigramADRIFT: My Childhood in Colonial Singapore, can be purchased directly from the Epigram Books of Singapore

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Adrift – My Childhood In Colonial Singapore (Click To Download)

  1. An Explanation of Sorts
  2. Historical Background
  3. My Grandparents
  4. Roots of Displacement
  5. Awakening in Canton
  6. Blair Road
  7. Trials and Tribulations
  8. A Mixed Education
  9. Tricks and Treats
  10. The Drumbeats of War
  11. Refuge in Australia
  12. Shadows at No. 10

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