Cather ne Lim

‘Opening the car door for your wife? Such men, it is said, are few; You’re doing it for one reason, Either the car or the wife is new.’ ‘The perfect henpecked husband In his league, at the very top, Teaches his champagne bottle To go ‘Mom’ instead of ‘Po

Spend some time reading a few of the stories from this collection and notice how the writer uses irony. Also, her stories are set against the backdrop of Singapore in the 1970s.