This Place Called Absence

Lydia Kwa

Original title: This place called absence

earliest edition we have, 2000 Kensington, 2003 paperback 224 pages

"This Place Called Absence is a lush and intricately layered novel that interweaves the lives of four women, spanning time between the early twentieth century and modern day. Wu Lan is a contemporary woman--a psychologist now living in Vancouver who grew up in Singapore. She is on a leave of absence from her work, trying to come to terms with her father's suicide. Mahmee, Wu Lan's mother who is still living in Singap...

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This Place Called Absence paperback · 2003 · Kensington · 224 pages · 9780758201485
This place called absence edition · 2002 · Kensington · 218 pages
This place called absence edition · 2000 · Turnstone Press · 218 pages

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