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Homeless

285 Ratings

4.2

Duration
3H 11min
Language
English
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Biographies

Winner for the 2020 Singapore Book Awards (Best Non-Fiction)

Ten years ago, Liyana Dhamirah was in a precarious situation: at 22, she was heavily pregnant and had no place to call home.

For Liyana, home was often unstable. Once a bright teenager full of optimism, she faced uncertainty and found no support from family, government agencies and welfare groups. She had nowhere to go, no one to turn to. When she started living on a beach in Sembawang, she discovered a community of people—families—who were homeless just like her. They stuck together and watched out for each other, even when there were raids. She learned that in prosperous Singapore, the homeless are not always identifiable by appearance alone.

Months later, journalists eventually uncovered Liyana’s story and how she navigated a bureaucracy of obstacles. Today she is a successful entrepreneur and this is her memoir.

© 2020 by Liyana Dhamirah. Published in paper format in Singapore by Epigram Books, recorded by Storyside 2020.

© 2021 Storyside (Audiobook): 9789180138017
© 2019 Epigram Books (Ebook): 9789814845588

Release date

Audiobook: 18 January 2021
Ebook: 1 September 2019

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