TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,Carol
TI  - The concubine's child
SN  - 9781528861588 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Rearsby, Leicester
PB  - WF Howes Ltd
KW  - Families
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Illegitimate children
KW  - Malaysia
KW  - Large type books
N1  - Wavesound; Standard print edition originally published: London: Head of Zeus, 2018
N2  - In 1930s Malaysia, 16-year-old Yu Lan is in love with her best friend, Ming, whose father owns one of the busiest kopi shops in Petaling Street. But Ming's family don't see the apothecary's daughter as a suitable wife - for Yu Lan's father, Lim, spends more time playing mahjong than selling herbal remedies. It's not long before Lim makes a terrible decision that will change Yu Lan's life forever, selling her as a concubine to the wealthy, ageing Towkay Chan who is desperate for a male heir. The consequences of Lim's betrayal resonate through four generations and into the present day, where Yu Lan's great-grandson, Nick, is searching for his lost family history. His wife, Sarah, begins to be very afraid of what he will find as past and present meld into one
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