Shang Su Yi

Shang Su Yi is the 96-year-old matriarch of the Young family. She lives in and owns Tyersall Park, her family’s ancestral home. In this novel she has a massive heart attack and dies several weeks later. Her family members travel to see her before she dies in hopes that she will remember them in her will.

When Su Yi’s will is read, it is discovered that she divided interest in the estate between her five children and two of her grandsons. Even though her daughters believe that Su Yi wanted them to sell the house, Nick believes she wanted the house to be preserved for the role that it served during the Japanese invasion of Singapore in World War II. His belief was proven correct when it turned out that Su Yi had saved her personal journals for Nick and lead him to the...