When the Future Comes Too Soon, Selina Siak Chin Yoke
When the Future Comes Too Soon, Selina Siak Chin Yoke
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When the Future Comes Too Soon

Author: Selina Siak Chin Yoke

Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 07/18/2017

Synopsis

In Japanese-occupied Malaya, lives are shattered and a woman discovers her inner strength in a world ravaged by war.Following the death of their matriarch, the lives of Chye Hoon’s family are turned upside down. Now that the British have fled and the Japanese have conquered, their once-benign world changes overnight.Amid the turmoil, Chye Hoon’s daughter-in-law, Mei Foong, must fend for her family as her husband, Weng Yu, becomes increasingly embittered. Challenged in ways she never could have imagined and forced into hiding, Mei Foong finds a deep reservoir of resilience she did not know she had and soon draws the attentions of another man.Is Mei Foong’s resolve enough to save herself, her marriage, and her family? Only when peace returns to Malaya will she learn the full price she must pay for survival.

About Selina Siak Chin Yoke

Selina Siak Chin Yoke is the author of The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds, her first book in the Malayan Series. Of Malaysian-Chinese heritage, she grew up listening to family stories and ancient legends, always knowing that one day she would write. After an eclectic life as a theoretical physicist, investment banker, and trader in London, the heavens intervened. In 2009, Chin Yoke was diagnosed with cancer, the second major illness she had to battle. While recovering, she decided not to delay her dream of writing any longer. She is currently working on her third book and also writes a blog about Malaysia at www.siakchinyoke.com/blog.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Annette on January 04, 2020

The drawn-out style of writing is not to my liking. Therefore, I’m not the right reviewer for this book.......more

Goodreads review by Erica on June 03, 2017

Last year I was able to review Selina Siak Chin Yoke’s first novel that followed the entrepreneurial Chye Hoon. Mei Foong, Chye Hoon’s Chinese daughter-in-law, is the star of this book, and it is every inch the powerful female tale the first installment was. You ever feel like you’ve lost your voice?......more

Goodreads review by L on August 26, 2017

The protagonist in this book, seems to not be able to live in the moment. Her journey begins in Ipoh , Malaysia in the early years of WW II. The Nippon Troops begin bombing the general population and the British start to evacuate their troops and citizens. The Ethnic Chinese who have lived in Malays......more

Goodreads review by Blodeuedd on August 31, 2017

Now when I think about it I can not say if I have ever read a book set in Malaysia. So a first for everything then. And of course it was an interesting time period too, well interesting is not the right word for the turmoil and pain it caused. Mei is happily married. She has 4 children and life is go......more

Goodreads review by E.P. on May 16, 2017

"The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds" followed the life of Chye Hoon, a strong-willed Nyonya girl who becomes the matriarch of her mixed-heritage family in early 20th-century Malaysia. "When the Future Comes Too Soon" picks up shortly after where "The Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds" left off, with the......more

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