Book stack: 10 reads to wrap up September
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- 28 Sep 2022
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1. The Accidental Malay by Karina Robles Bahrin
At 41, Jasmine Leong is the Bak Kwa Princess of Kuala Lumpur, tipped to inherit the Leong clan’s billion-ringgit company Phoenix.
Never mind her murky origins as an orphan adopted by her grandmother; the years of hostility as she rose through the male-dominated ranks; or even her unfulfilling affair with a married Malay-Muslim man.
On the cusp of her success, however, she is confronted with a shocking secret: Her Chinese father, who was reportedly killed during Malaysia’s 1969 racial riots, had converted to Islam, and her birth mother is Malay.
2. The Hurting Kind by Ada Limon
“I have always been too sensitive, a weeper/ from a long line of weepers,” writes Ada Limon. “I am the hurting kind.”
This masterful collection by the acclaimed American poet offers a new way of looking at the everyday. The poems, laced with melancholy but also hope, contain observations of nature, familial connections and other things in the world. Read More…
