Whenever Teresa Lim asked about a striking woman she saw in old family photos, she was told 'That's Aunt Fanny; she was unfortunate.' So naturally, Teresa Lim spent years excavating Aunt Fanny's life in 1920s Singapore. It's a story of three devoted sisters, ghost husbands, working-class Chinese feminists, and sworn spinsters.

Turns out, Fanny was very fortunate indeed...until History arrived at her front door.

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You can buy Teresa Lim's The Interpreter's Daughter and benefit a local indie bookshop HERE

Music in this episode was by:

The Butterfly Lovers Concerto for violin performed by Takako Nishizaki

Doug Maxwell: Honky Tonkin'; Lao Tsu Erhu

Gene Kardos' Orchestra: My Extraordinary Gal, 1932

Yao Lie: Rose Rose I Love You

Kevin MacLeod: Medusa; March of the Mind; Despair and Triumph

Jesse Gallagher: Thin Places

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