Loading Inventory...

Iron Rice Bowl by Tom Kwok, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

From Tom Kwok

Current price: $20.00
Iron Rice Bowl by Tom Kwok, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Iron Rice Bowl by Tom Kwok, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

From Tom Kwok

Iron Rice Bowl by Tom Kwok, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Current price: $20.00
Loading Inventory...

Size: 0.85 x 9.21 x 1.294

Visit retailer's website
*Product information may vary - to confirm product availability, pricing, shipping and return information please contact Coles
Tom Kwok writes, at the end of his memoir: 'I wrote, last night, to thank my father for my life. I told him how, to trick the evil spirits, my family gave me a girl’s name. They called me Loo Shang, a name that meant ‘the way to get riches’.'In 1950, Chairman Mao’s Communist Party confiscated the Kwok family’s land to give to village peasants. His family fled to Hong Kong, where his mother worked thirteen days each fortnight to earn the meagre income that sustained them. He hardly knew his mother, but he has her and his paternal grandmother to thank for the opportunity to migrate to Australia and become Tommy Kwok. Life was hard for Loo Shang. Life was even harder for Tommy Kwok. But he found friends and mentors in unlikely places, and he benefited from the unexpected kindness of strangers. His grandmother instilled strong values of honesty and diligence. She taught him how to earn respect. Enriched with extensive exposition of Chinese history, customs and beliefs, Iron Rice Bowl is the story of Chinaman Kwok Loo Shang's struggle to become the Australian, Tommy Kwok. He didn’t quite ‘’get riches’’ in the material sense, but he is rich in every way that matters. He has an iron rice bowl. He is happy.' | Iron Rice Bowl by Tom Kwok, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

More About Coles at Bayshore Shopping Centre

Coles is renowned for its outstanding customer service and great selection of books. Along with the vast array of magazines, stationary, audio-books, children's literature, fiction, non-fiction and reference books, you can find accessories to make your reading experience more pleasurable. We can recommend the very best in reading today. We will help you search our titles for exactly what you need, and if we do not have it in stock, we will order it for you.

Powered by Adeptmind