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It out-Dallas Dallas, save that it is grounded in historical truth and experience... your book deserves to be widely read -- Francis T. Seow, former Solicitor General of Singapore


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Escape from Paradise is a contemporary and true woman’s story set in Singapore, Brunei, Australia, England, and the United States. It involves Singapore’s famous Tiger Balm family, and a wealthy and mysterious family from Brunei—and the link between them, a young Singaporean woman, May Chu Lee.

This story of May Chu’s escape from her arranged marriage to the United States, also involves an American, the current British Lord Chancellor, and an ex-CIA agent with Republican Party ties to George Bush, Sr., and now a prominent Washington lobbyist for Burma. For May Chu’s escape from her marriage into the Chung family and for divorce in Singapore, she needed more than a lawyer—she was forced to wage guerilla warfare against a powerful family with business interests in the United States, including an IPO of X-10 Wireless, currently under registration with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

From its first paragraph, the book draws the reader into the ambiance of a cosmopolitan Asia never touched upon by any other book …

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  • Paperback: 476 pages
  • Publisher: IDKPress (June 26, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0971092907
  • ISBN-13: 978-0971092907
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #295,992 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Book! Just can't stop reading!, June 8, 2005
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I have just finished reading the book ;spending almost 10 hours with a few breaks in between, I actually have to tear myself from the computer screen (I got the e-book version) just to get some rest. It is simply the best non-fiction book I have read in a long time! Reading this book is like watching a TV drama of epic proportions unravelling before you. The Hardings should consider making this into a TV series! The writing style is easy to read and full of vivid details, I find myself fully immersed in the whole human drama that our heroine is experiencing. You just want to read chapter after chapter to discover what happened to the cast of characters and to add to the fact that this actually happened in Singapore is nothing short of mind boggling! This book is a required read for all Singaporeans! As a Singaporean reading it, I felt outraged, entertained and most of all enlightened!
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Amongst the best book I have read., April 27, 2006
Strangely, I understand why there aren't many reviews posted here, especially by Singaporeans. For fear of being on the wrong side with the government I presume.

A most daring truthful book that confirms long held suspicion. Most facts can be independently verified. In fact I chanced upon this book while researching about the Singapore legal system and how our chief justice is appointed by the president on the advice of the Prime Minister. Charming.

I love this book, completed it in a day!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Movie Please!???, June 26, 2007
I read this book. I could not put it down even for a minute.
This book is a must-read for everyone and college students, who will learn what the real world of intrigue and situations where people have the control and those who don't, but find ways of "thinking out of the box".
Read this book, because one learn so much from it.

I wish a Movie can be made out of it. It breaks away from the type-casting of all people.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Escape from Paradise
It's a well written book. When I start reading it, I couldn't put the book down.
May Chu, who lives in Singapore shares her personal life, and speaks about her experience with... Read more
Published on May 7, 2003 by E. Ang

5.0 out of 5 stars The Book Reader Fall/Winter 2002-2003 Edition
"And this story, of the underside of paradise, has stories within stories as a woman manages to break free from a web of wealth and power in the dictatorship of Singapore and... Read more
Published on October 26, 2002 by The Book Reader

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