“In narrating the stories of people and places Wee encountered in her years of cross-cultural learning in Singapore and Malaya (now Malaysia), she unfolds untold stories of our past. They will be new to many young Singaporeans today. I am certain this memoir will stimulate important conversations about our past heritage and culture.”
— S. R. Nathan, president of Singapore (1999–2011)
“The account of changes in the implementation of adoption policies, the evolution of sanitation, the legacies of war-time prostitution in an occupied naval town, the evolution of gangs and use of violence, and the rituals of mourning hold a sociological lens over personal experience...a timely observation [of] a world in turmoil over identity in rapidly changing social contexts, and one worthy of a social work pioneer.”
— David N. Jones, British Journal of Social Work