Ju is a Burmese novelist, well known for her strong, intelligent female characters.
Despite her interest in writing, upon her mother's prodding, she pursued medical studies at the Institute of Medicine, Mandalay. She started writing while in medical school, and her first short story (ရာဇဝင်ထဲမှာမောင့်ကိုထားရစ်ခဲ့) was published in 1979. Her writing career took off in the late 1980s, with her debut novel, Remembrance (အမှတ်တရ), published in 1987.The bestseller novel stirred controversy for endorsing Western existentialist philosophy and portraying cohabiting unwed couples.
She has published fifteen novels (most of them were adapted into films), seven collections of short stories and seven collections of articles on the environment. She currently works as a co-founder of an HIV positive children orphanage and also a participant in the HIV/AIDS Media Initiative and Yadana Metta Foundation. Her writings now focus on environmental conservation.
As always, the author never failed audience’s growing interest along reading. Once started, wanted to finish till the end. One of my favorite books of Juu.
A girl meet a strange woman on the ship.The woman told the future of her that she will die in the age of 24. So what would she do when she know she gonna die in few years later. Does she live happily? Does she gonna survive? Or does she love someone before she die?
"In fact, people only exist because they have feelings. Where nature cannot be overcome, it is not so different from material things. A lost item is replaced by a new one. Instead of a dead person, another person is born. The little planet that you love is just a tiny part of the universe".
The most fun thing about reading is surprising moments that aren’t expected in the beginning. I like the plot and it is one of the books that will remain in your head even after finish reading.