{"product_id":"finding-maria","title":"Finding Maria","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn December 1950, the worst riots Singapore has ever seen shut down the town for days, killing 18 people and wounding 173. Racial and religious tension had been simmering for months over the custody battle for wartime waif Maria Hertogh between her Malay Muslim foster mother and her Dutch-Catholic biological parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn May 1950, Eurasian Annie Collins, following this case and filled with hope, returns to Singapore seeking her own lost baby Maria. As the time bomb ticks and Annie unravels the threads of her quest into increasingly dangerous territory, she finds strange recollections intruding, ones that have nothing to do with her own memories of her wartime experiences: disturbing visions and dreams which force her to doubt not just her past life, but her whole idea of who she truly is and even to question the search itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinding Maria\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis at once a mother’s quest for her child, an unravelling mystery and a journey into suppressed memory and the nature of self-delusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote to readers: This book is a new and updated edition of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Crowd of Twisted Things\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDawn Farnham\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Red Thread\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Shallow Seas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Hills of Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe English Concubine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (which comprise The Straits Quartet, a bestselling series of historical romance set in 19th-century Singapore), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Crowd of Twisted Things\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a novel set in 1950 Singapore, as well as numerous short stories, plays and children’s books. A former longterm resident of Singapore, Dawn now calls Perth, Australia, home. Learn more about Dawn at \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dawnfarnham.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewww.dawnfarnham.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123136737393,"sku":"9781912049240","price":18.6,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Finding-Maria-Dawn-Farnham-00.jpg?v=1602759007","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/finding-maria","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}