With the Covid 19 pandemic, food resilience has been a pressing issue. Food resilience is the ability of a country to withstand and recover from any crisis or disruptions to the supply of food that ensures that everyone is able to assess food. In this edition, we bring us four new titles to understand food resilience.
- Read 4 texts about Food Resilience
- In our Literary Journal, Yuki shares some titles related to grief
- Joyce reviews The Ghost Bride
- Wan Qin reviews a collection of funny reads
- Wan Qin reviews Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Clicking on the title or book image will link you to the full text.
Stories about Grief – By Yuki
Death touches us all, and yet this topic seems to go undiscussed and abandoned in Singapore. In this week’s article, Yuki shares how she confronts death through some recommendations.
Ranging from non-fiction like Being Mortal, to biographical pieces like When Breath Becomes Air, Yuki proffers a list of recommendations for the uninitiated. If you’re new to death and dying and want to know where to start, click the link in the bio!
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The Ghost Bride – Review by Joyce
Yangsze Choo’s The Ghost Bride, which was adapted into a Netflix series in 2020, explores the Chinese tradition of ghost marriage. It tells the story of Li Lan, an impoverished girl in 1890s Malacca who receives a proposal from a wealthy family to become the ‘ghost wife’ of their deceased son.
In this book review, Joyce Lee delves into the theme of the afterlife and what beliefs surrounding it might say about the living.
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Funny Reads – An article by Wan Qin
Being stressed out is no joke. In this week’s article, Wan Qin Tan recommends four memoirs that will tickle your funny bone and help you cope with the exam stress.
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s – A review by Wan Qin
Audrey Hepburn’s portrayal of the lovable and effortlessly chic socialite, Holly Golightly, in Breakfast at Tiffany’s has captured the imaginations of cinema-goers for over sixty years. But how much do you know about the book that the classic film was based on?
In this week’s article, Wan Qin Tan takes a closer look at Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s and its theme of abandonment.
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