Sister Swing
- ISBN-10
- 9814484385
- ISBN-13
- 9789814484381
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 340
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-11-15
- Publisher
- Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
- Author
- Shirley Lim
Description
Sister Swing chronicles the growing up years of three sisters. It follows their transplant from a relatively sheltered life in Malaysia to the raw realities of the United States. It illuminates the complex relationships between the sisters, and gently but firmly explores the morals, values and mindsets of growing up Asian in a Western world.
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