Whenever Teresa Lim asked about a striking woman she saw in old family photos, she was told 'That's Aunt Fanny; she was unfortunate.' So naturally, Teresa Lim spent years excavating Aunt Fanny's life in 1920s Singapore. It's a story of three devoted sisters, ghost husbands, working-class Chinese feminists, and sworn spinsters. 
Turns out, Fanny was very fortunate indeed...until History arrived at her front door. 

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You can buy Teresa Lim's The Interpreter's Daughter and benefit a local indie bookshop HERE

Music in this episode was by:
The Butterfly Lovers Concerto for violin performed by Takako Nishizaki
Doug Maxwell: Honky Tonkin'; Lao Tsu Erhu
Gene Kardos' Orchestra: My Extraordinary Gal, 1932
Yao Lie: Rose Rose I Love You
Kevin MacLeod: Medusa; March of the Mind; Despair and Triumph
Jesse Gallagher: Thin Places 
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What'sHerName

Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

THE SWORN SPINSTER Fanny Law

SEP 18, 202455 MIN
What'sHerName

THE SWORN SPINSTER Fanny Law

SEP 18, 202455 MIN

Description

Whenever Teresa Lim asked about a striking woman she saw in old family photos, she was told 'That's Aunt Fanny; she was unfortunate.' So naturally, Teresa Lim spent years excavating Aunt Fanny's life in 1920s Singapore. It's a story of three devoted sisters, ghost husbands, working-class Chinese feminists, and sworn spinsters.

Turns out, Fanny was very fortunate indeed...until History arrived at her front door.


_________________________

You can buy Teresa Lim's The Interpreter's Daughter and benefit a local indie bookshop HERE


Music in this episode was by:

The Butterfly Lovers Concerto for violin performed by Takako Nishizaki

Doug Maxwell: Honky Tonkin'; Lao Tsu Erhu

Gene Kardos' Orchestra: My Extraordinary Gal, 1932

Yao Lie: Rose Rose I Love You

Kevin MacLeod: Medusa; March of the Mind; Despair and Triumph

Jesse Gallagher: Thin Places

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