Kebaya Tales is a delightful collection of short stories teeming with fascinating and interesting characters, unexpected twists and turns, cultural rituals, beliefs and superstitions, and poignant events in the life stories of the Peranakans. The book brings you into another world, a world that many people know little about—the world of the babas and nyonyas, or the Straits Chinese, a colourful, flamboyant and unique community still in existence today in the former Straits Settlements of Malacca, Penang and Singapore.
Laced with humour and occasional gentle satire, this first-ever collection of short stories about the Straits Chinese are based on or inspired by real-life events which the author has collected from her nyonya mother, grandmother, bibiks and nyonyas.
