At the age of four, Han, a young woman born into dire poverty in 1950s
Singapore, is sold as a slave to the wealthy house of Wu. Forming a
close bond with the young Wu heir, Han's childhood attachment grows into
a bittersweet existence of frustrated love and passion. As their love
becomes a struggle against the forces of tradition and tyranny, author
Catherine Lim evocatively captures the ethos of a wealthy and powerful
Chinese household in an era of breathtaking beauty and shocking
brutality.