A Daughter of Singapore: Life Lessons of a Homegrown Tour Guide
Paperback
Biographies GeneralTravel GeneralGeneral World History
Publisher Price: $24.99
ISBN13: 9781733483865
Publisher: Thomas W. Paradis
Published: Feb 1 2025
Pages: 314
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
This is the witty and inspirational early-life memoir of Singapore tour guide, Cathy Ross. As a mixed-race child from a Chinese Catholic family, she lived with her paternal grandmother and was bounced around to various extended family members throughout her youth. She further happened to live amidst Singapore's upheaval from a sleepy, colonial outpost to a bustling, global metropolis that took off during her childhood years. Hers may not be a full-blown rags to riches story-after all, she is still seeking the latter. Rather, perhaps her experience is more a missing parents to middle class tale, which may be even more relatable to her fellow, first-generation Singaporeans.
In many ways, Cathy's personal story parallels that of Singapore, albeit immensely scaled up. She and her country both experienced growing pains, setbacks, lessons learned, hard-won accomplishments, and steadfast perseverance to reach some version of success. Most important, both Cathy and her national leaders remained staunch optimists, dreaming of a brighter future. A Daughter of Singapore weaves these narratives together into a heartwarming story of one woman's love for her nation and her desire to share that love with the rest of us.
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