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Ayam Buah Keluak and the Art of Writing: a memoir on living creatively - cover

Ayam Buah Keluak and the Art of Writing: a memoir on living creatively

Josephine Chia

Publisher: Ethos Books

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Summary

Your creativity is your gift to the world. 
 
Award-winning author Josephine Chia illustrates this in Ayam Buah Keluak and the Art of Writing, an account of her own emotional journey of becoming a writer. She believes that creativity is a portal to our inner strengths and talents, and can help us delve deeper into more meaningful experiences. 
 
Josephine shares the parallels between two of the things she loves most—cooking and writing. As a craft and art, each goes through similar processes of creation. Being a Peranakan, she shares her culture’s quintessential recipe, Ayam Buah Keluak, as a metaphor for her philosophy. 
 
In this heartbreaking memoir, Josephine bares her soul so that others who are experiencing what she had gone through, will take steps to uplift, and even save, themselves. This book is her gift to them. 
 
An inspiring read for anyone looking to delve deeper into living fully and creatively.
Available since: 11/13/2024.
Print length: 156 pages.

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