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Eva Wong Nava lives between two worlds. She reads copiously and writes voraciously. She believes in connecting Asia to Europe and America, and finds immense pleasure in telling her English daughters stories of Singapore where she spent a big part of her childhood. She regales them with tales from Chinese myths and literature, imbuing her stories with personal experiences of watching the Chinese opera with her mother. Her favourite Chinese opera is The Monkey King’s Journey to the West.

Eva holds a degree in English Literature and Language from the University of Hull where Philip Larkin was once the University Librarian (and the reason why she chose to go there!); a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) from University College London ...more

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	The House of Little Sisters 3.96 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancing Dumplings for My One and Only by Eva Wong Nava (Goodreads Author), Natelle Quek (illustrator) 3.79 avg rating — 66 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Moon Rabbit by Eva Wong Nava (Goodreads Author), Jason Chuang (illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 57 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Open: A Boy's Wayang Adventure 4.23 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Love Lunar New Year by Eva Wong Nava (Goodreads Author), Xin Li (illustrator) 3.68 avg rating — 41 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wednesday Is for Wiggling! by Eva Wong Nava (Goodreads Author), Holly Sterling (illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 36 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scholastic Classics: East Asian Folktales, Myths And Legends 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy Who Talks in Bits and Bobs by Eva Wong Nava (Goodreads Author), Debasmita Dasgupta (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mina's Magic Malong by Eva Wong Nava (Goodreads Author), June Ho 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	East Asian Folktales, Myths and Legends (ebook) (Scholastic Classics) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I wasn’t aware of autism until I had my first child whom I named after the eponymous heroine of an international best-seller I was reading when pregnant. This daughter of mine—whose name is also inspired by the Greek philosopher, Sophocles—was quiet, shy and introverted, preferring to play solitaire to interacting with peers. She obsessed about dinosaurs and could name each one by the time she was Read more of this blog post »

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A Long Road to Justice: Stories from the Frontlines in Asia

by Sylvia Yu Friedman (Goodreads Author)

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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
― Anais Nin

tags: anais-nin, qoutes-on-writing, writing

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“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”
― Anais Nin

tags: death, love

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“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

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“I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don't know why, some people fill the gaps and others emphasize my loneliness. In reality those who satisfy me are those who simply allow me to live with my ''idea of them.”
― Anais Nin

tags: diary-entry

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“Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.”
― Anais Nin