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Eat First, Talk Later

By: Beth Yahp

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In this riveting memoir, Beth persuades her aging parents on a road trip around their former home, Malaysia. She intends to retrace their honeymoon of 45 years before, but their journey doesn't quite work out as she planned. Only the family mantra, "Eat first, talk later," keeps them (and perhaps the country) from falling apart. Around them, corruption, censorship of the media, detentions without trial, and deaths in custody continue. Protests are put down, violently, by riot police. Her parents argue while, lovelorn after the end of a grand amour in Paris, Beth tries to turn their story into a Technicolor love story. Meanwhile, she's embroiled in a turbulent relationship with an supposititious activist, Jing, who is at the forefront of the democratic struggle for change; and in Australia, Beth's second home, she is dismayed to see politicians on all sides focus on turning back the boats, stopping queue jumpers, and controlling the borders of "the lucky country." Eat First, Talk Later is a beautifully written, absorbing memoir of a country considered one of the multiracial success stories of Southeast Asia, with many fascinating but deeply troubling sides to it. It's a book about how we tell family and national stories; about love and betrayal; home and belonging; and about the joys of food.

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Random House Australia

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0857986864

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Eat First, Talk Later

A Memoir of Food, Family and Home

By: Beth Yahp

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Eat First, Talk Later

A Memoir of Food, Family and Home

By: Beth Yahp

In this memoir Beth persuades her ageing parents on a road trip around their former home, Malaysia. She intends to retrace their honeymoon of 45 years before, but their journey doesn't quite work out as she planned. Only the family mantra, 'Eat first, talk later' keeps them (and perhaps the country) from falling apart. Around them, corruption, censorship of the media, detentions without trial and deaths in custody continue. Her parents argue, while, lovelorn after the end of a grand amour in Paris, Beth tries to turn their story into a Technicolor love story. Meanwhile, she's embroiled in a turbulent relationship with an opposition activist, Jing, who is at the forefront of the democratic struggle for change; and in Australia, Beth's second home, she is dismayed to see politicians on all sides focus on turning back the boats, stopping queue jumpers, controlling the borders of 'the lucky country'. Eat First, Talk Later is a memoir of a country considered one of the multiracial success stories of South-East Asia, with many fascinating but deeply troubling sides to it. It's a book about how we tell family and national stories; about love and betrayal; home and belonging, and about the joys of food"--Back of cover.

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350

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9670311225

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9789670311227

The Crocodile Fury

By: Beth Yahp

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The Crocodile Fury

By: Beth Yahp

Malaysian born Australian with a gift for seeing life from an incredibly rich and diverse perspective.

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329

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Angus & Robertson Publishers

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020719064X

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9780207190643

Crocodile fury

By: Beth Yahp

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Crocodile fury

By: Beth Yahp

Une jeune fille malaise est envoyée par sa grand-mère illettrée dans une école catholique pour apprendre la langue des Blancs. Car, pour maîtriser le monde et son destin, il faut connaître les mots des puissants. Des mots, qu'en élève douée, elle capture et s'approprie pour raconter son univers. Se déploie alors sous les yeux du lecteur une mosaïque d'histoires aux couleurs explosives et aux sons savoureux. Hommes-crocodiles à la sexualité inquiétante, esprits, nonnes, prêtres et voyantes : tels sont les personnages qui peuplent ce récit. Nous voilà happés dans le monde de la colonisation revisité avec finesse et humour. Loin de se livrer à une surenchère dans l'exotisme, Crocodile fury est un livre passeur. Il se situe entre deux cultures intimement liées par une plume qui compte parmi les plus excitantes et novatrices de l'ancien Empire britannique.

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2234055865

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9782234055865

Writing the City

By: Lisa Anderson,Beth Yahp,Ruby Langford Ginibi,McKenzie Wark,James Bradley,Neal Drinnan

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Writing the City

By: Lisa Anderson,Beth Yahp,Ruby Langford Ginibi,McKenzie Wark,James Bradley,Neal Drinnan

Writing the city is a three year public art project by Lisa Anderson based on writers' stories about Sydney. These artworks invite you to experience and imagine stories of the city through playful encounters with words on billboards, cranes, the internet and even written in the sky.

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1876017457

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