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Wah, Paul,
1932-
author.
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A thin slice of heaven /
Paul Wah.
Thin slice of heaven = Tiāntáng bópiàn
[Lower Hutt] :
Paul Wah,
[2018]
©2018
367 pages ;
21 cm
Novel.
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.
Ng, Leung Kee
Fiction.
230570
Emigration and immigration
Fiction.
51141
Kidnapping
Fiction.
789
Guangdong Sheng (China)
Politics and government
Fiction.
230571
Guangdong Sheng (China)
Social conditions
Fiction.
230572
Wellington (N.Z.)
Fiction.
149293
New Zealand fiction
21st century.
Nz
1027
Historical fiction.
lcgft
456
Biographical fiction.
lcgft
226991
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