The Song of Silver Frond Vendor Code_P004 He has spent the last

He has spent the last decade covering German-speaking Europe for newspapers including The Times and the Mail on Sunday

things could be going better

Escapism just doesn't get better than this

Lagi bertambah huru-hara apabila Ratu Althia dapat berita mamanya nak berkahwin lagi

The Song of Silver Frond Vendor Code_P004 He has spent the lastOne morning in Singapore, more than fifty years ago, The Venerable One, a wealthy, respected Chinese patriarch, head of a large household of wives, children and grandchildren, takes a walk by a cemetery. There, a young village girl, Silver Frond, is amusing herself with a comic song and dance act based on popular gossip about him. The meeting changes their lives. With characteristic verve and wit, Catherine Lim traces the path of this unusual couple