Free delivery on all orders above $30
Get 10% off all year round! Join Thryft Club
Get 10% off all year round and $10 off your next order! Join Thryft Club

Your cart

Your cart is empty

Check out these collections!

Bestselling Fiction
Bestselling Nonfiction
Bestselling Books for Children
Vintage and Rare Books
Vinyl Records
Women's Clothing
Men's Clothing

Stay in touch and win free books

Keep up with our latest sales and events, and receive
recommendations direct to your inbox. We'll only send the good stuff, promise!

By completing this form, you are signing up to receive our emails and can unsubscribe at any time

It Changed My Life: Inspirational Stories by Wong Kim Hoh

by Wong Kim Hoh
$11.90
It Changed My Life: Inspirational Stories by Wong Kim Hoh
It Changed My Life: Inspirational Stories by Wong Kim Hoh

Real lives, raw resilience, quietly life-affirming

This is the kind of book that stays with you because the stories are real, close to home, and told with deep compassion. Wong Kim Hoh captures ordinary people facing extraordinary pain, setbacks, and turning points in a way that feels humbling rather than preachy. If you like heartfelt journalism that restores your faith in human strength, this can be a deeply moving read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

It Changed My Life: Inspirational Stories by Wong Kim Hoh

by Wong Kim Hoh
$11.90
Condition guide

Book Condition Guide

Books in Like New Condition

This book may contain very minor cosmetic defects, but it is in pristine condition. There should be no yellowing, no foxing, no water damage, and no annotations of any kind on the cover and the pages. For paperbacks, there should not be any crease marks on the spine. This book is good as new — lucky you!

*Books may be missing bundle media (e.g. CD, e-book code), if included.

Books in Very Good Condition

This book has been used, but it is still in a clean condition. There should be no foxing or annotations of any kind on the inner pages, but a sparse amount may be present on the cover, title pages, or outside edges of the book. There should be no water damage of any kind. For paperbacks, there may be light crease marks on the spine.

*Books may be missing bundle media (e.g. CD, e-book code), if included.

Books in Good Condition

We do our best to ensure the quality of our books, but there is no escaping the wear and tear that comes with time. Slight foxing and some annotations may be present on the pages and the cover. There should be no water damage of any kind. For paperbacks, there may be several crease marks on the spine.

*Books may be missing bundle media (e.g. CD, e-book code), if included.

Books in Well Read Condition

This is a well-read book, which means that the previous owner probably really enjoyed it! The cover and pages may include moderate foxing and annotations, but the text is not obscured and still readable. Moderate cosmetic defects and minor water damage may be present on the edges of the book. For paperbacks, there may be multiple crease marks on the spine.

*Books may be missing bundle media (e.g. CD, e-book code), if included.

 

Find out more about our process here.

Special Offer

Buy 3, Get 1 Free On All Items Under S$10

Add 4 items under S$10 to your cart — the cheapest one is on us.

ISBN: 9789814642286
Authors: Wong Kim Hoh
Publisher: Straits Times Press
Date of Publication: 2015-11-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development, History, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Personal Development, Asia, Memoir, Mental Health, Inspirational, Biography Memoir
Goodreads rating: 5.0
(rated by 2 readers)

Description

Inspiring real-life stories by The Straits Times Senior Writer Wong Kim Hoh about lives that have been dramatically changed by events, people or circumstances. The story of turning the other cheek. Her nose was hacked off 25 years ago by a man wielding a cleaver. Her attacker also chopped off her ears, hewed her cheeks and blinded her in the right eye by pouring boiling water onto her face. "The nurses had to cover all mirrors and reflective glass in my ward. I was hysterical. When my son saw me for the first time after the attack, he screamed and ran away and said I was a ghost," she recalls. The story of piloting a nasi lemak business. He was unhappy when his dad asked him to give up his aviation dream. He relented after his father said: "If you go and pilot aeroplanes, who is going to pilot my stall?" Today, his nasi lemak is famous. The Sultan of Brunei requests his nasi lemak for breakfast each time he visits Singapore. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong served it to Indonesian President Joko Widodo when the latter visited the Istana. The story of the girl with something special. Isabelle Lim weighs only 30 kg, is deaf and has just four fingers on each hand. She has Nager Syndrome – of which there are only 200 documented cases worldwide – and has undergone multiple operations. The book features many more stories that celebrate the human spirit, broaden the mind, encourage the weak and downtrodden, and instill greater hope and faith in the inner strength of humanity.
 

Real lives, raw resilience, quietly life-affirming

This is the kind of book that stays with you because the stories are real, close to home, and told with deep compassion. Wong Kim Hoh captures ordinary people facing extraordinary pain, setbacks, and turning points in a way that feels humbling rather than preachy. If you like heartfelt journalism that restores your faith in human strength, this can be a deeply moving read.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.