SOLD FOR SILVER: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A GIRL SOLD INTO SLAVERY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Book ID/图书代码： 09432504B09201
English Summary/英文概要： So begins Janet Lim’s ordeal as a MUI TSAI, or slave girl, in 1930S Singapore. But this is only the beginning of a remarkable journey, which sees the author freed from child bondage to assume a position of leadership, and obtain true happiness, in later life.
After gaining her freedom, Janet is educated by missionaries and serves under colonial tutelage as a nurse, Her misfortunes return, however , when Singapore falls to the Japanese in 1942 --the ship that she flees Singapore on is bombed and she drifts for days at sea. Rescued by Indonesian fishermen, she is finally captured and imprisoned in Japanese-occupied Sumatra. To avoid becoming a comfort woman Janet escapes into the jungle villages of West Sumatra but is once again caught, and this time tortured by the Japanese military police and threatened with the firing squad.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这个故事讲述了20世纪30年代新加坡的奴隶女孩珍妮特的苦难经历。但这仅仅是一个非凡旅程的开始，这段非凡的旅程见证了作者从摆脱孩子的束缚到成为一个领导人并在之后的生活中获得了真正的幸福。
获得自由后，珍妮特受教于传教士并在殖民地监护当了一名护士。当新加波于1942年战败日本时—她乘坐的逃离新加坡的船被轰炸，她在海上漂浮了好几天。她被印度尼西亚渔民救起，在日军占领的苏门答腊被铺入狱。珍妮特为避免成为慰安妇，她逃到了苏门答腊西部村庄的丛林中，但再次被抓住，这一次她被日军严刑拷打并被行刑队威胁。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：《新加坡的奴隶故事》是一本畅销书。三个电视网络争取珍妮特的书《streatsv》的版权...一个重要的令人震撼的历史故事...这本书让你印象深刻的是她陈述中所缺少的苦痛——《海峡时报》 读者会很快陷入到这种迷人的叙事中...这是关于一个坚韧的、引人注目的、信念和友谊的故事——《出版人周刊》
...尽管她生命中经历过这些事情，珍妮特是快乐的，她的人生哲学因她的简单而鼓舞人心——《今天杂志》
一个被变卖为奴的女孩生动的、真实的叙述，这段经历是美丽的、痛苦的——《思考杂志》
卖银是一种鼓舞。在满是黑暗的地方会有一束亮光——《新海峡时报》
About the Author/作者介绍： 珍妮特在新加坡现代历史中占据重要的地位，他是第一个在新加坡被提升到护士长职位的亚洲护士。二战后，她在澳大利亚永久定居，在那里她有三个孩子、六个孙儿女。 Janet Lim holds a significant position in the modern history of Singapore: she was the first ever Asian nurse to be promoted to the position of matron in Singapore. After WWII, she settled permanently in Australia, where she now has three children and six grandchildren.
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