Missee Hardcover by Margaret Shennan PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED, DATED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT FREE END PAPER THUS: "November 1993 To Philip and Marjorie, With fondest love Margaret."; The Kensal Press 1986 1st ed, 264pp., text generally in decent order, slight staining to the page extremities at the side & bottom, spine very slightly cocked & front board just a tadwarped, bumping & rubbing to board corners - most notably to the rear top left hand one - slight bumping & rubbing to the top of bothboards, to the base of the front one & to the sides of both, two large bumps/dents to the bottom of the rear board, heavy bumping & rubbing to the top & bottom of the spine, the dust jacket is rubbed & creased at top & bottom with a small tear to the front top right hand corner, scuffing to the corners & to the top & bottom of the spine (top of the spine is quite heavily rubbed, the base less so), slight yellowing to the front & spine (faded?), rear is faded to the right hand side, both front & rear have many marks & scratches.The story of an English girl, born in Sarawak, and brought up in Malaysia in the last halcyon years of the British Empire. Hers is ahighly individual view of a society and way of life which collapsed with traumatic consequences after the Japanese invasion in December 1941. With the bubbling egocentric personality of a young child and flashes of humour and fantasy her voice provides a narrative account of events that escalate into the final dramatic climax. Some of the adult interjections corroborate, while a few help to expose the hollow foundations of the British imperial system.Margaret Shennan is justifiably known as the author of Out in the Midday Sun - The British in Malaya 1880 - 1960. Born in Kuching,Borneo in 1933, her parents and her left to stay in Butterworth when she was only 6 weeks old. This is an autobiography of her life inButterworth from 1933 to 1941, aged 8. It is a recollection of childhood events seen through the innocent eyes of a privilegedchildhood. Readers will be transported to an idyllic Malaya during the last halcyon days of the Raj. She tells us of her amah, syce, Boy, Kebun who served her British family. A nostalgia look back at the good old days, where life was simpler and peaceful.Will ship by Royal Mail 1st Class Signed for, well packaged.(£5.55/soros)