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As she interweaves the stories of four remarkable women, newcomer Kwa's spellbinding voice transports readers from the muddy, mosquito-ridden fields of 1900 China to the whorehouses and gambling dens of turn-of-the-century Singapore; from the markets and neighborhoods of contemporary southeast Asia to the offices and libraries of modern-day Vancouver.Kwa, Lydia is the author of 'This Place Called Absence', published 2002 under ISBN 9780758201478 and ISBN 0758201478.
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