Suchen was awarded the Southeast Asian Writers Award in 2012. Taught in a junior college and worked as a curriculum specialist in the Ministry of Education. Came to Singapore at age 14, studied in the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus schools, and the National University of Singapore. Suchen Christine Lim was born in Malaysia in 1948, grew up on both sides of the causeway that separates Malaysia from Singapore. Previously published in part as 'The Lies That Build a Marriage' this new collection contains five additional stories. Her characters chip away prejudice and sculpt it into acceptance of the other. This book delve beneath the sunlit island's prosperity and coded decorum. Shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize 2008Ī mother finds out her son is gay a daughter finds out her two mothers are lesbians a niece stumbles upon the body of her dead uncle dressed in his wife's sarong kebaya and an old man's nascent feelings for a Filipino maid lead him back to his suppressed art. Read The Man Who Wore His Wifes Sarong Stories of the Unsung, Unsaid and Uncelebrated in Singapore by Suchen Christine Lim available from Rakuten Kobo.
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