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Arlene J. Chai

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Manila, Philippines

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female

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Literature & Fiction

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Arlene J. Chai (b. 1955) is a Filipino-Chinese-Australian who migrated to Australia with her parents and sisters in 1982 because of the political upheaval. She became an advertising copywriter at George Patterson's advertising agency in 1972 and has been working there since. It is there that she met her mentor Bryce Courtney, who continuously inspires her to improve her work.

She won the Louis Braille Adult Audio Book of the year for her novel "On the Goddess Rock" in 1999.

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Books by Arlene J. Chai

Average rating: 3.66 · 335 ratings · 36 reviews · 4 distinct works

	The Last Time I Saw Mother 3.62 avg rating — 244 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Eating Fire and Drinking Water 3.83 avg rating — 81 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	On The Goddess Rock 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	My rating:
	Black Hearts 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	My rating:

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“Love and passion are well and good while they last, but in the end what mattes is whether you like the person you are with. Friendship and companionship matter more. They are the things that last. And if in the end we learn to be friends, I will be content.”
― Arlene J. Chai, The Last Time I Saw Mother

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“Desperate people lose the thing that makes them human beings. They lose their heart. Anger and hate fill them so that they act like animals.”
― Arlene J. Chai, The Last Time I Saw Mother

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“Every unhappy person thinks her unhappiness is unique.”
― Arlene J. Chai, The Last Time I Saw Mother

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