Across the Causeway: A Singapore Childhood

Growing up in the turbulent '60s was like living on a proverbial minefield. Mak and Bapak and all the other adults in the neighbourhood were always talking about the Confrontation, the Riots, the Curfew and the Separation. Bet had to learn that the world did not owe her a living; before Mak dropped the bombshell about their Big Move. Suddenly Bet had to leave behind the only world she knew.