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No Bed of Roses : The Rose Chan Story
Author(s): Cecil Rajendra (Author)
- Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
- Publication Date: 14 Oct. 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 280 pages
- ISBN-10: 9814408204
- ISBN-13: 9789814408202
Book Description
In No Bed of Roses, Cecil Rajendra pens an account of her life her childhood in Soochow, China, and then in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, her five marriages and personal struggles, how she circumvented the colonial decency laws that forbade nudity, and finally her fight with cancer that took her life in 1987 at the age of 62
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About the Author
Cecil is also a poet of international repute. His poems have been published and broadcast in over 50 countries and been translated into several languages. His classic satirical poem on security laws The Animal & Insect Act attracted over three million hits on the Internet. He was the first recipient of the Malaysian Lifetime Humanitarian Award for his inspirational poetry and pioneering legal aid work.
