40 years of grandmother's stories told in Pan Jun-E's 'When A Turtle Cries'

Pan Jun-E was married at 19 and had six children, but she was an avid reader and started writing a column in her 30s.

Mothers and grandmothers have often been the inspiration for women everywhere, and much in that same vein comes this compilation of articles by Pan Jun-E, put together lovingly by her 11th grandchild, Tan Ju Eng.

“My late grandmother was just an ordinary woman,” said Tan. “But she was very strong, and I wanted to share her stories with others in the hope that they would not feel alone in their struggles.”