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In Only a Girl, three generations of Chinese women struggle for identity against a political backdrop of the World Depression, World War II, and the Indonesian Revolution. Nanna, the matriarch of the family, strives to preserve the family�s traditional Chinese values while her children are eager to assimilate into Dutch colonial society. Carolien, Nanna�s youngest daughter, is fixated with the advantages to be gained through adopting a Western lifestyle. She is proven wrong through her turbulent and ultimately failed marriage and by the consequences of raising her daughter in the Dutch culture. Jenny�s Western upbringing puts her at a disadvantage in the newly independent Indonesian state where Dutch culture is no longer revered. The unique ways in which Nanna, Carolien and Jenny face their own challenges reveal the complex tale of Chinese society in Indonesia between 1930 and 1952. Published by Publish America LLLP ISBN 978-1-60749-397-6 Available directly from the author, as well as from: Publish America, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Borders and through local bookstores. Only A Girl is offered as a fundraiser for charities. Please contact author for details. Lian Gouw e-mail: onlyagirl2009@gmail.com Lian Gouw was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, then a Dutch colony known as the Netherlands� East Indies. Lian�s short stories and poems have appeared in Quietus Magazine, Writing for our Lives, Voice Indonesia 9789792262339 C2O library Online catalog (BETA) F GOU Onl 4460 C2O library & collabtive (Fiction & Literature) 2000 OnlyaGirl_en.jpg 4341 2015-01-02 09:50:52 2015-01-02 09:50:52 machine generated