Life's Like That
Scenes from Malaysian Life
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour
| Author: | Lydia Teh | ISBN: | 9789674158781 |
| Publisher: | MPH Group Publishing Sdn Bhd | Publication: | August 29, 2013 |
| Imprint: | MPH Group Publishing Sdn Bhd | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lydia Teh |
| ISBN: | 9789674158781 |
| Publisher: | MPH Group Publishing Sdn Bhd |
| Publication: | August 29, 2013 |
| Imprint: | MPH Group Publishing Sdn Bhd |
| Language: | English |
Book Description:
In this collection of amusing meditations on Malaysian life and its complexities and contradictions, Lydia Teh dives into the depths of Malaysian life: family, pregnancies, babies, motherhood, hobbies, festivities, daily ablutions, pets and other calamities. Not only has she imbued her stories of homespun ordinariness and nostalgia with a luminous sheen, she also captures the essence of being Malaysian with wit and bracing honesty. With self-deprecating humour and an utter lack of pretension, Teh’s candid tales bring to life the warm humour of Malaysian life in all its treacly sweetness and capture the heart and soul of Malaysia. Her vision of Malaysian life is fresh and funny: fresh in the way it makes you look at things in a new light and funny in the way it occasionally makes you want to cry.
About the Author:
LYDIA TEH was born and bred in Klang, Malaysia. She still resides in this royal town famous for its glittering streetlights, seafood, herbal pork stew and crows. A homemaker, she enjoys writing while raising her brood of four. In between cooking for her children, chauffeuring them around and coaching them in their studies, she loves observing the quirks and idiosyncrasies of Malaysians. Though she dreams of knocking out a novel from the comfort of a beach house or a cottage in the hills, she’s just as happy writing in her home, the library or the café. Teh is the author of Honk! If You’re Malaysian and Do You Wear Suspenders?: The Wordy Tales of Eh Poh Nim, among other books.
Book Description:
In this collection of amusing meditations on Malaysian life and its complexities and contradictions, Lydia Teh dives into the depths of Malaysian life: family, pregnancies, babies, motherhood, hobbies, festivities, daily ablutions, pets and other calamities. Not only has she imbued her stories of homespun ordinariness and nostalgia with a luminous sheen, she also captures the essence of being Malaysian with wit and bracing honesty. With self-deprecating humour and an utter lack of pretension, Teh’s candid tales bring to life the warm humour of Malaysian life in all its treacly sweetness and capture the heart and soul of Malaysia. Her vision of Malaysian life is fresh and funny: fresh in the way it makes you look at things in a new light and funny in the way it occasionally makes you want to cry.
About the Author:
LYDIA TEH was born and bred in Klang, Malaysia. She still resides in this royal town famous for its glittering streetlights, seafood, herbal pork stew and crows. A homemaker, she enjoys writing while raising her brood of four. In between cooking for her children, chauffeuring them around and coaching them in their studies, she loves observing the quirks and idiosyncrasies of Malaysians. Though she dreams of knocking out a novel from the comfort of a beach house or a cottage in the hills, she’s just as happy writing in her home, the library or the café. Teh is the author of Honk! If You’re Malaysian and Do You Wear Suspenders?: The Wordy Tales of Eh Poh Nim, among other books.
