Living in Singapore over the past decade, the author shares her experiences with expat friendships and the diverse group of women she met. The book focuses on the lives of Dara, Amaka, and Lillian, along with their colleagues and the wider African diaspora in Singapore. It explores the challenges and cultural mix of Singapore's heritage.
Living in Singapore over the past decade, I’ve had first-hand experience of the intense yet oftentimes transient nature of expat friendships . Moving from London to South East Asia to start a family 10 yeas ago, I had to make a real effort to meet people for the first time in my life. The wide range of women I met in Singapore led to me protagonists who I was convinced would never have been friends in another environment.
My book centers on Dara, a British-Nigerian lawyer who has invested everything into making partner; Amaka, a banker who uses a shopping addiction to run from the stress of her family strife; and Lillian, a Nigerian-American pianist whose marriage is falling apart. Thrown into the mix are their Singaporean and English colleagues, a Thai-born Indian boyfriend and the wider African diaspora including a group of women in a book club. These expats navigate the melting pot of Singapore’s Malay, Chinese and Indian heritage, with some escapism and luxury travel thrown i
Singapore Expat Friendships Diverse Women Cultural Mix Challenges Heritage
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