Author of The Boy With Blue Trousers and The Concubine's Child
From the mulberry groves of the Pearl River Delta to the shores of South Australia, comes an epic story of Australia’s gold rush
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An evocative, multi-generational tale of a family haunted by the death of a young concubine in 1930s Malaysia.
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I’m excited to announce that the UK paperback edition of The Concubine’s Child is now available.
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Like the best speculative fiction, Thea Lim’s novel has plenty to say about today’s world.
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‘Quirky’ is a word often used to describe Sayaka Murata’s ‘Convenience Store Woman’.
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“The Concubine’s Child is a tale of family secrets and twisted revenge, featuring brave female characters who struggle against the role and limitations that society imposes on them.” Terence Toh
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A rich and complex narrative of divided loyalties…
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Originally posted on Theresa Smith Writes:
The Concubine’s Child… About the Book: An evocative, multi-generational tale of a family haunted by the death of a young concubine in 1930s Malaysia. In 1930s Malaya a sixteen-year-old girl, dreaming of marriage to her sweetheart, is sold as a concubine to a rich old man desperate for an…
Last week I was fortunate to be interviewed by Umapagan Ampikaipakan of BFM 89.9 Kuala Lumpur for the Evening Edition.
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I’ve just returned from a short book tour to Kuala Lumpur, the setting for The Concubine’s Child.
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My 1977 edition of Pride and Prejudice has accompanied me through seven house moves, survived six book culls, and been read at least five times.
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Ponti is a story of modern teenage alienation set against the dark currents of folklore.
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