The year is 1914 and the fissures of war are spreading across Europe. A Russian cruiser Zhemtchug is sunk off the coast of Penang by the German warship, Emden.
A half-Oriental half-Russian baby is saved from drowning by a local fisherman and his son. An infant, with no name and without a birthplace, carried on the wind with no remembrance. This little miracle is given to the sisters at the Convent Light Street.
Named Agnès for she is holy and pure, she is raised as an orphan in Baby House. She stood out from an early age, a half-caste child, a keen learner who would trade cleaning and sewing chores for time spent with books. Agnès quickly learnt the unfairness of her birth.
Against the backdrop of the Second World War and the Malayan Emergency, Agnès’ life is a patchwork of injustice, betrayal, love and death, friendship and sisterhood. But buried deep within Agnès is loss and an intense yearning to belong.
When Agnès is offered a second chance at rebuilding her shattered life, will she learn to embrace it or will she still live in the shadows of her past?
Published: Sep/2026
ISBN: 9789815368000
Length: 320 Pages
