![]() ![]() Paradoxically, Yun Ling becomes the apprentice of Aritomo, a man who once maintained the garden of the emperor who caused the death of her sister. ![]() To learn the necessary skills, Yun Ling turns to Aritomo, a former gardener of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, who had moved to Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands. ![]() Her sister wanted to have a Japanese garden, so Yun Ling wanted to make one in her memory. As the only survivor of the camp, Yun Ling had to process the traumatic loss of her sister. She had been detained in a Japanese camp during the Second World War with her sister Yun Hong, who was a ‘comfort woman’. In this fictional story, we follow Malaysian Supreme Court Judge Teoh Yun Ling. On Sunday 14th of August, the STEAR book club enjoyed a close discussion of the book ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’ by Tan Twan Eng, a Malaysian author. ![]()
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