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The White Amah
The White Amah
The White Amah
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The White Amah

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Rock and roll royalty, Crystal Brooke has everything she always wanted ~ MONEY, FAME, POWER. At thirty-five she is the public face of an international children's fund, but feels uneasy. At eighteen, she sold her baby to a shady adoption agency. She figured a child would ruin her chance of making it big. Things get complicated. You gotta love Karma.

What happened? When a naive Australian school girl joins a dancing troupe she certainly gets more experience in real life than she bargained for. Crystal a seventeen year old schoolgirl in Suburban Australia is disenchanted with life and itching for adventure. On a whim, she bluffs her way into an audition for the the White Diamonds, a dancing troupe touring South-East Asia. Infected by the glamour of life as a showgirl, the reckless woman-child is quickly drawn to Singapore's squalid underbelly. On the run from the Singaporean police, she falls for a good-looking muso, an irresponsible bad boy, not the kind to give your heart to ... but Crystal has always made bad choices. From the nightlife of Singapore to the rain-drenched jungles of Borneo, to the world of a rich and ambitious rock star, 'The White Amah' is the story of a dark secret and the consequences when a woman's past comes back to threaten the present.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherAnn Massey
Release dateNov 3, 2022
ISBN9780987521231
The White Amah
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Ann Massey

Ann Massey's life changed when the newspaper where she worked closed, leaving her unemployed and penniless. Passing herself off as a governess, she found employment on an isolated sheep station in Western Australia where she supervised lessons for three sweet-natured girls educated through the School of the Air. Unlike Jane Eyre, Ann didn’t find Mr. Rochester, but she did unearth the setting for her latest novel,The Biocide Conspiracy.Striking out next for Borneo, Ann exchanged her no frills life in the outback for a mansion in Miri and the pampered world of an ex-pat. With time hanging heavy, Ann wrote her first novel. Tough, tender and unforgettable, The White Amah exposes the shocking practices of the timber logging industry in Malaysia.Ann uses her personal knowledge of the Australian outback and the jungles of Borneo to give the fast-moving action of these novels a unique authenticity. Both books deal with lives lived on the edge, breath taking thrillers full of unexpected twists and turns. For a mystery novelist, inspiration is never far away.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Set in both familiar and exotic locals, the lives of three women and how they intertwine make up the plot line of this novel. The self-centered rock star, the rich man's concubine, and the young amah lead very different lives, until a vicious murder connects them. An intriguing and enjoyable read with a satisfying conclusion.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Review: Shoma Mittra - A Rich Reading Experience The White Amah by Ann Massey weaves a tale around three women connected by a single mistake. Like a haunting melody that peaks and troughs, this book has some stunning writing without being trite. It will take you traipsing through the night life of Singapore, launch you into the deep rain forests of Borneo and scoop you up and put you down in the streets of London.Tuff is a chartbusting pop singer with a dubious past. She has created a carefully contrived image around her persona and the public are ga-ga over her every move. But when confronted with some unpalatable truths from her past, Tuff loses her cool and makes one wrong move which will prove to be very costly for her.Seventeen years earlier, a young Australian called Crystal Brooke finds herself abandoned in the big bad world in Singapore. Her dreams of becoming a pop star come crashing down when she finds that she is pregnant. There is no question about returning back to her family in Australia. Crystal knows that her father would never accept her. Frightened and alone, there is only one option – Crystal puts her baby up for adoption. The infant is adopted by an expat family in Malaysia. The couple engage an amah (nanny) to look after the baby, Mei-Li. Rubiah, the amah is herself a young girl and although she loves and cares for the baby, her sights are set on a good life. ‘Good life’ comes in the form of nightly visits from her employer who piles her with gifts and baubles –until the wife finds out. Then all hell breaks loose and the expat dumps Rubiah and flees the country with his wife. Rubiah is left holding a baby she doesn’t want. She realises that she is only a young girl herself and her dreams of a slick city life with all the riches will remain a distant dream if she has an infant in tow. So Rubiah takes the baby to her native village in a remote rain forest jungle in Borneo where she leaves Mei Li under the care of her parents and returns to the city to make a life for herself.In the deep forests, Mei Li is brought up as a traditional Dayak tribal woman. She has no ambition except to lead a good peaceful life in the jungle she loves. But fate has other things in store for her and no one is more surprised than Mei Li at the turn of events which catapults her into an environment she has never dreamed of. She becomes the white amah.Ann Massey’s book The White Amah plays on many different levels. It is like peeling off the petals from an exotic tightly curled bloom – the more you peel, the tighter are the curls beneath- enticing you to lift yet another layer. Beautiful prose, accompanied by a plot with surprising twists and turns, this book keeps you hooked to the very end. The White Amah shows how much Massey’s work has matured as a writer after the The Biocide Conspiracy which was her first novel. The White Amah is a treat to read and I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a rich reading experience.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I was blown away by this book. I honestly had not expected it to be quite as intricate as it is. It's quite a story that has an awesome view of southeast Asian indigenous people. There is a little mystery thrown in and a look at the rougher side of life. The introduction of a lot of characters can sometimes be overwhelming however not here. I loved how in the end everyone ties in together one way or another and how the story does a well rounded circle.

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