A thin slice of heaven / Paul Wah.

By:

Wah, Paul, 1932- [author.]

Material type: Text

9780473412463
0473412462

Other title:

Thin slice of heaven = Tiāntáng bópiàn [Cover title]

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DDC classification:

NZ823.3 23

Summary: A historical novel recounting the adventures of the author's great-grandfather, Ng Leung Kee, who migrated to New Zealand in 1880 and set up a successful Chinese merchant business in Wellington. Ng Leung Kee returned to Tiansum, China in 1922, to take his grandson Leslie to receive a Chinese education. They faced significant challenges, including the kidnapping of Leslie by bandits, during a period of tumultuous political, economic and social conditions in China.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
New Zealand Fiction	Stratford Fiction	Fiction	WAH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		a00846148
Fiction	Waverley LibraryPlus Fiction	Fiction	WAH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		i2187076

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A historical novel recounting the adventures of the author's great-grandfather, Ng Leung Kee, who migrated to New Zealand in 1880 and set up a successful Chinese merchant business in Wellington. Ng Leung Kee returned to Tiansum, China in 1922, to take his grandson Leslie to receive a Chinese education. They faced significant challenges, including the kidnapping of Leslie by bandits, during a period of tumultuous political, economic and social conditions in China.

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