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Gen Quimba

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in Maragusan, Philippines

June 14, 1983

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Gen Quimba is a debut author, former Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW), and a single mother.

For over a decade, she worked in Singapore and Hong Kong, striving to build a better future for her son while navigating the challenges of motherhood from afar. These transformative experiences of love, sacrifice, and resilience directly fuel her writing.

Now back home in Manila, Gen enjoys cooking, sports, exploring business ideas, and learning new skills (with chess as her current pursuit). She's drawn to books on self-improvement, psychology, and inspiring success stories.

She believes that every journey holds a light that can guide others, encouraging them to keep chasing their own dreams. ...more

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First Reader Review: 5 Stars for The Journey of Life!

Wow, my very first customer review is in, and it's 5 stars!! 😍

Huge thanks to A.G. Moore for your thoughtful words on my book "The Journey of Life: A Story of Love, Loss, and Unbreakable Hope". You don't know what this means to me!

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Gen Quimba liked Steven Arnett's review of The Journey of Life: A Story of Love, Loss, and Unbreakable Hope: "An interesting and dramatic life story! This book chronicles the author's life, and she's had quite a life since her childhood on a hard scrabble farm in the Philippines. Her life has had many dramatic moments, in Manila, and in Hong Kong and Singapor" Read more of this review »
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Gen Quimba answered Goodreads's question: Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story? I just woke up from a nightmare: I had finally fulfilled my dream—took the diary entries I'd collected for years, molded them into a book describing the ups and downs of my life as an overseas Filipino worker, fought with my editor over every single See Full Answer
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