PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Simone Lazaroo was born in Singapore and migrated with her bicultural family to Western Australia when she was a young child. Her awardwinning novels and most of her short stories have explored individuals struggling for survival and meaning at the juncture of cultures. She has a PhD in Writing and is an honorary research fellow at Murdoch University, and has taught creative writing for sixteen years. Simone is currently mentoring emerging writers, working with a Spanish group researching cosmopolitanism in literature, and writing her next book. She lives near Fremantle, Western Australia.
A stunningly wise and tender memoir of migration, and a mothers quiet rebuilding of her early life in old age. Lovingly conceived, and written with wisdom and tenderness. I loved it. -- Liz Byrski A tender memorial to a mother who gave her daughter an understanding of hidden cruelties and the great gift of surmounting them. -- Brenda Walker This story will leave you with a renewed thirst for deepening connections with those you love. An astonishingly powerful work. -- Julienne van Loon
