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A review by rhodaj
House of Kwa by Mimi Kwa
4.0
4.5 stars
Thank you to HarperCollins Australia for sending me a copy of this book to review!
This is a memoir by Australian journalist Mimi Kwa and tells the extraordinary story of her family. Her father was one of 32 children of a wealthy silk merchant in China who fled to Hong Kong during WWII. Years later he was sent to study in Perth by his wealthy sister Theresa.
There he met the author’s mother who had an undiagnosed and quite severe mental illness which resulted in a rather tumultuous and unstable childhood. As the author’s father was also very eccentric and difficult, her anchors in life were her beloved maternal grandparents and Aunty Theresa who she visited at least once every year of her life in Hong Kong.
This was a pretty incredible book to read and to be honest, I’m amazed by the author’s life, what she has been through and her ability to forgive. I’m not sure I would have such forgiveness in me!
This is definitely a fascinating book for anyone who likes multi-cultural stories and memoirs. There is never a boring moment in this book and I sincerely hope that the rest of the author’s life is a little less dramatic and harrowing than it has been thus far. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5
Thank you to HarperCollins Australia for sending me a copy of this book to review!
This is a memoir by Australian journalist Mimi Kwa and tells the extraordinary story of her family. Her father was one of 32 children of a wealthy silk merchant in China who fled to Hong Kong during WWII. Years later he was sent to study in Perth by his wealthy sister Theresa.
There he met the author’s mother who had an undiagnosed and quite severe mental illness which resulted in a rather tumultuous and unstable childhood. As the author’s father was also very eccentric and difficult, her anchors in life were her beloved maternal grandparents and Aunty Theresa who she visited at least once every year of her life in Hong Kong.
This was a pretty incredible book to read and to be honest, I’m amazed by the author’s life, what she has been through and her ability to forgive. I’m not sure I would have such forgiveness in me!
This is definitely a fascinating book for anyone who likes multi-cultural stories and memoirs. There is never a boring moment in this book and I sincerely hope that the rest of the author’s life is a little less dramatic and harrowing than it has been thus far. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5