Nine Lives

by Teoh Choon Ean

Bee Lian, a 15-year-old orphan is being raised by her poor and hardworking grandparents. She has insecurities about her poverty - the rundown shack she lives in, the clothes she wears, the tuition classes that she cannot afford unlike other friends.

Feeling alone, she shares her problems and her most outrageous dreams with a mangy yellow cat who lives next door. Unknowingly, her seemingly distant and non-committal grandfather listens in to all of her outpouring.

202 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

After her retirement in 2003, Teoh Choon Ean devoted her time to freelance training for sports, education and personal development of young people. She writes as a hobby and has won awards for writing since 1969. She was once dubbed by the STAR newspaper as “the Uncrowned Queen of Short Stories”.

Reviews

[Thaddeus Ng · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic. Though a little less dramatic than John Green's "The fault in the Stars", this book teaches of values we should uphold. Perhaps I'm a little bit impressionable, but I know a good book when i read one.

[Midsy Chan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow..
The story is fresh. I enjoyed every little things I've read from this. It fulls of unexpected things and I likes those suprises.