{"product_id":"looking-after-the-ashes-kopi-soh-9789814882101","title":"Looking After the Ashes: Old Wives' Tales, Taboos; Supernatural and Childhood Superstitions","description":"If you eat while lying down, you will turn into a snake. If you don't polish off all the rice on your plate you will marry a man full of pimples and pockmarks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLooking After the Ashes \u003c\/i\u003eis a semi-biographical fiction of Kopi Soh's childhood stories. Growing up in a large extended Taoist influenced Peranakan family filled with strong women, Soh hears these words of 'wisdom' daily. She used to live in a world where clipping finger nails at night was strictly forbidden, pointing at the moon would result in one's ears getting chopped off, and children were forced to stay indoors during sundown for fear of collision with evil forces. A world where mental disorders and illnesses were believed to be caused by malevolent spirits. Talisman, mediums and fortune tellers were a part of everyday life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kopi Soh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9814882100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789814882101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.12w x 0.55d","brand":"Kopi Soh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049737842943,"sku":"9789814882101","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f3e16a3-b5c5-40ec-a5d0-be9d6486c16d.jpg?v=1685003175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/looking-after-the-ashes-kopi-soh-9789814882101","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}