![]() ![]() She becomes Hassan's Polar Star, and the young lovers must find a way to stay together. Ah Mei also meets and falls in love with Hassan Mohamed, an Indian-Muslim and an aspiring poet, breaking every clause in the rule book of love in 1930s British Malaya. Through Ah Lian, Ah Mei discovers the plight of mui tsai, who are both helpless and powerful, and uncovers a shameful secret lurking in the shadows in the Lee house. There she encounters the spirit of Ah Lian, a mui tsai, who paid the ultimate price for her mistake. At the Lee household, Lim Mei Mei's life education begins. She has been sold to the family as a mui tsai, an indentured servant girl. It's August of 1931 in Singapore, sixteen-year-old Lim Mei Mei (Ah Mei) arrives at the home of Eminent Mister Lee on the eve of the Hungry Ghost Month. ![]() ![]() A SUPERNATURAL EXPOSÉ OF A PAST SYSTEM THAT STILL HAS A TIGHT GRIP ON CONTEMPORARY SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA ![]()
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