Growing up in Malaya – through the eyes of a child

'I feel it is important (in an autobiography) to write the truth or not write at all,' says Lily Forbes of her memoirs.

Malaysian author Lily Forbes’ memoirs, Growing Up Under The Mango Tree, has won the hearts of many.

Lily Forbes chortled gleefully as she relates a story from her schooldays in Sentul Convent back in newly independent Malaya in the 1960s.