In this combined volume you will find 22 real-life tales of growing up, love, loss, fear, hope, joy, adventure, mystery, taking charge, and letting go… Jump in to re-live the authors' experiences and discover how sometimes truth is indeed stranger than fiction. The stories and authors: Down but Not Out in Rio ◊ Manali Pattnaik 1 Freedom ◊ Renée Abrahams 7 Fished a Friend ◊ Lynette Soh 12 Batam ◊ May Han Thong 18 Looking for Heisenberg ◊ Yen Kheng Lim 24 Audrey’s House ◊ Jo Lim 30 In and Out of Africa ◊ Neha G 33 Vietnam ◊ Lingzhi Li 39 Vitamin A(ustralia) ◊ May Han Thong 45 Journey to Khajuraho ◊ Rajesh R Parwani 48 Cold Noodles ◊ Jo Lim 56 Childhood ◊ Jan Thong 59 How Football Saved My Life ◊ Thong May Han 62 Freezing for the Future ◊ A Anon 66 Love/Hate ◊ Garima Singh 70 ‘Okay, Pakse, Okay’ ◊ Lynette Soh 73 The Confession ◊ Carrie Chan 83 Arrivederci England ◊ Derek Mazzone 86 Children ◊ Poonam Dadlani 92 Beautiful Male ◊ Neha G 95 Grandma ◊ Thong May Han 98 Bhubaneswar ◊ Rajesh R Parwani 104 Published by SRI Books, an Imprint of the Simplicity Research Institute, Singapore 2020. Paperback, 120 pages, 6"*9*, BW interior. ISBN: : 978-981-14-5150-8