© Chan Ling Yap 2011

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National Library Board Singapore Cataloguing in Publication Data
Yap, Chan Ling.
Bitter-sweet harvest / Chan Ling Yap. – Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2011.
p. cm.
ISBN: 978-981-4361-64-4

1. Interracial marriage – Malaysia – Fiction. 2. Interfaith marriage – Malaysia – Fiction. I. Title.
PR6125
823.92 -- dc22           OCN748613740

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