SHEHOLDS 她拿著 is a literary magazine authored by Lai Yin 麗賢.
Hong Kong to Australia and back.
Hong Kong to Europe.
Three Eurasian daughters.
Two Portuguese Water Dogs.
One Gweilo husband.
Each essay begins inside a moment.
A kitchen.
A school run.
A flight.
A hotel room.
A car.
A beach.
From there, the writing moves through marriage, motherhood, family, sex, food, money, illness, travel, work, care and power.
The same people return across countries and years.
Children grow.
Parents age.
Bodies change.
Journeys continue.
A detail introduced in one essay may return years later carrying a different weight.
Together, the essays form the autobiography of a household, published one ordinary day at a time.
Subjects
Marriage
Motherhood
Family
Householding
Travel
Home
Food
Sex
Attachment
Female authority
Physiology
Stress and recovery
Relationships
Power
About Lai Yin
Lai Yin was born in Hong Kong and educated in Australia.
She lives in France with her husband, three daughters and two Portuguese Water Dogs.
Her writing draws on a life lived across Hong Kong, Australia, Europe, North America and Southeast Asia.
Books
Lai Yin’s book projects are:
- What Women Remember
- What Women Hold
- What Women Already Know
- Somatic Placement
Media
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Rights
Quotations of up to 100 words may be reproduced with attribution and a link to sheholds.org.
All original writing © SHEHOLDS.