Finding Maria

by Dawn Farnham

In December 1950, the worst riots Singapore has ever seen shut down the town for days, killing 18 people and wounding 173. Racial and religious tension had been simmering for months over the custody battle for wartime waif Maria Hertogh between her Malay Muslim foster mother and her Dutch-Catholic biological parents.

In May 1950, Eurasian Annie Collins, following this case and filled with hope, returns to Singapore seeking her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912049244
• ISBN13: 9781912049240
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Monsoon Books
• Length: 336 Pages