{"product_id":"house-of-kwa-mimi-kwa","title":"House of Kwa","description":"\u003cp\u003eWild Swans meets Educated in this riveting true story spanning four generations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dreamer boy travelling on dragon hide ... a tiger running alone in the night ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMimi Kwa ignored the letter for days. When she finally opened it, the news was so shocking her hair turned grey. Why would a father sue his own daughter?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe collision was over the estate of Mimi's beloved Aunt Theresa, but its seed had been sown long ago. In an attempt to understand how it had come to this, Mimi unspools her rich family history in House of Kwa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of a wealthy silk merchant's 32 children, Mimi's father, Francis, was just a little boy when the Kwa family became caught up in the brutal and devastating Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II. Years later, he was sent to study in Australia by his now independent and successful older sister Theresa. There he met and married Mimi's mother, a nineteen-year-old with an undiagnosed, chronic mental illness. Soon after, 'tiger' Mimi arrived, and her struggle with the past ? and the dragon ? began ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRiveting, colourful and often darkly humorous, House of Kwa is an epic family drama spanning four generations, and an unforgettable story about how one woman finds the courage to stand up for her freedom and independence, squaring off against the ghosts of the past and finally putting them to rest. Throughout, her inspiration is Francis's late older sister, the jet-setting, free-spirited Aunt Theresa, whose extraordinary life is a beacon of hope in the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note this copy is in near new condition with light scuffs on edges of the covers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eISBN: \u003cspan tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Text Text__body3\"\u003e9780733341137 \u003cspan class=\"Text Text__subdued\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eSize: Trade Paperback, 320 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePublisher: ABC Books - AU  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePublished: 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A - Near New Condition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41830201819292,"sku":"U-1EB668","price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/house_f37e2568-b055-432b-8026-4ca67edd0d0b.jpg?v=1794284373","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/house-of-kwa-mimi-kwa","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}