THE SCENT OF FRANGIPANI : A tale of love, rivalry and murder in colonial Singapore /
It is 1931 in colonial Singapore. A Chinese bondmaid of fifteen stands trial for her aunt's murder. Mei Mei, born on the inauspicious double seventh day, feels her doomed destiny taking over. The tide turns. Mei Mei and an English boy, Richard, fall in love. However, British-born Clementine has...
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Burrough Court, UK : Dollarbird,
2019
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| author | Anjana Rai Chaudhuri, 1958-, author 633341 |
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| description | It is 1931 in colonial Singapore. A Chinese bondmaid of fifteen stands trial for her aunt's murder. Mei Mei, born on the inauspicious double seventh day, feels her doomed destiny taking over. The tide turns. Mei Mei and an English boy, Richard, fall in love. However, British-born Clementine has set her heart on marrying Richard and the social divide between coloniser and native keep the lovers apart. It is 1942. Japanese bombs are falling over Singapore. Richard rekindles his desperate romance with Mei Mei. To what lengths will Clementine go to separate the lovers? When Mei Mei disappears in the bombing and Richard is injured and loses his memory, is the path finally clear for Clementine to claim Richard as her own? |
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| spelling | KOHA-OAI-TEST:5609162021-10-18T07:20:36ZTHE SCENT OF FRANGIPANI : A tale of love, rivalry and murder in colonial Singapore / Anjana Rai Chaudhuri, 1958-, author 633341 textBurrough Court, UK : Dollarbird,2019©2019engIt is 1931 in colonial Singapore. A Chinese bondmaid of fifteen stands trial for her aunt's murder. Mei Mei, born on the inauspicious double seventh day, feels her doomed destiny taking over. The tide turns. Mei Mei and an English boy, Richard, fall in love. However, British-born Clementine has set her heart on marrying Richard and the social divide between coloniser and native keep the lovers apart. It is 1942. Japanese bombs are falling over Singapore. Richard rekindles his desperate romance with Mei Mei. To what lengths will Clementine go to separate the lovers? When Mei Mei disappears in the bombing and Richard is injured and loses his memory, is the path finally clear for Clementine to claim Richard as her own?Includes bibliographical references and index.It is 1931 in colonial Singapore. A Chinese bondmaid of fifteen stands trial for her aunt's murder. Mei Mei, born on the inauspicious double seventh day, feels her doomed destiny taking over. The tide turns. Mei Mei and an English boy, Richard, fall in love. However, British-born Clementine has set her heart on marrying Richard and the social divide between coloniser and native keep the lovers apart. It is 1942. Japanese bombs are falling over Singapore. Richard rekindles his desperate romance with Mei Mei. To what lengths will Clementine go to separate the lovers? When Mei Mei disappears in the bombing and Richard is injured and loses his memory, is the path finally clear for Clementine to claim Richard as her own?PSZ_JBTriangles (Interpersonal relations)World War, 1939-1945Romance fictionURN:ISBN:9781912049547 |
| spellingShingle | Triangles (Interpersonal relations) World War, 1939-1945 Romance fiction Anjana Rai Chaudhuri, 1958-, author 633341 THE SCENT OF FRANGIPANI : A tale of love, rivalry and murder in colonial Singapore / |
| title | THE SCENT OF FRANGIPANI : A tale of love, rivalry and murder in colonial Singapore / |
| title_full | THE SCENT OF FRANGIPANI : A tale of love, rivalry and murder in colonial Singapore / |
| title_fullStr | THE SCENT OF FRANGIPANI : A tale of love, rivalry and murder in colonial Singapore / |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE SCENT OF FRANGIPANI : A tale of love, rivalry and murder in colonial Singapore / |
| title_short | THE SCENT OF FRANGIPANI : A tale of love, rivalry and murder in colonial Singapore / |
| title_sort | scent of frangipani a tale of love rivalry and murder in colonial singapore |
| topic | Triangles (Interpersonal relations) World War, 1939-1945 Romance fiction |
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