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一人一半 (For Better, For Worse)
一人一半 (For Better, For Worse)
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曾是记者,婚后是家庭主妇兼编导的林海燕,把她和从政丈夫马
炎庆26年婚姻中的你我他们写个遍,登场的有已故资政李光耀伉
俪,向她透露当年志愿的政要们,不失浪漫的“马车夫”,还有夫
妻俩分别经历癌症和失语症的恶梦。
《一人一半》全书五章,展现了作者人生中的五个“我”:喜欢采
访的写作人,经常突发奇想的编剧,见识官场的官太太,爱玩的
妈妈,享受爬山潜水的旅人。想知道如何“幸福直到永远”吗?书
中,尽是线索。


Former journalist turned homemaker and playwright, Lim Hai Yen,
chronicles her married life with MP Baey Yam Keng since 1997.
The prolific writer’s latest book, "For Better, For Worse", has five
chapters devoted to different roles she plays - as writer,
playwright, parent, wife and traveller. She also shares her firsthand
account of her encounters with the late Mr. LKY and the
aspirations of various MPs past and present.


"For Better, For Worse" also gives an intimate insight into a dark
period of the author’s life when she suffered aphasia at the same
time that her husband was diagnosed with nose cancer. Yet,
above all, the book is optimistic, upbeat and thought-provoking
for those looking for “happy ever after” bliss.

 

林海燕(Lim Hai Yen) | 作者Author
她独自一人,喜欢写作。以前从事新闻采访,从小就爱胡思乱想。
至今编导了大约40部舞台剧,有20部剧本收录在剧本集里,一
些构思收藏在抽屉和后脑里。海燕的“正业”,应该是家庭主妇。
她有三个孩子,陪孩子成长是她的正业。但孩子长大了,她还
没有长大,不忘初心。在专栏里,她写家人、朋友、伙伴、学
生,以及自己通过文字捕捉生命的瞬间,还有生活里的美好。
这本书收录剧场人林海燕,从结婚生子,离开新闻工作后,一边
当兼职家庭主妇,一边继续坚持创作,过去17年来在媒体发表
的50篇文章。内容涉及婚姻、个人、社会观察、健康、旅游,
鼓励大家勇敢做自己,开心地活出真我。