Vox and Tomes

🌻The Little Nyonya is a multi-generational drama about the lives, struggles, and triumphs of Peranakan women over several decades, highlighting their cultural traditions, familial conflicts, and resilience in a patriarchal society. The story follows the beautiful and skilled Huang Juxiang, who is mistreated due to being an illegitimate, deaf-mute daughter, and her descendants, most notably her daughter, Yamamoto Yueniang. Both women navigate societal pressures and personal hardships, including forced marriages and rivalries, to carve out their own lives and ultimately succeed.

🌻La Palma is a 2024 Norwegian miniseries and disaster drama for Netflix about a Norwegian family on a holiday in the Canary Islands when an impending volcanic eruption threatens to cause a catastrophic tsunami. The series follows the family's fight for survival and the efforts of geological researchers to convince authorities of the imminent danger, intertwining personal family drama with natural disaster action. While the plot is fictional, the series is inspired by the real Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palma, which has a history of eruptions, including in 2021.

🦊🌻 Becoming is the 2018 memoir by Michelle Obama, chronicling her journey from her upbringing on the South Side of Chicago to her time as First Lady, detailing her personal and public life with warmth and honesty. The book explores her triumphs and disappointments, her marriage to Barack Obama, her efforts to protect her daughters' privacy, and her advocacy work for healthy families and girls' education.