妈妈，你为什么总是要离开17A……
《恭锡路17A号》讲述了梁思聪（Charmaine Leung）在20世纪70年代新加坡牛车水红灯区恭锡路的成长经历。《恭锡路17A号》交织着过去与现在的叙事，讲述了她母亲从幼年被卖到成为恭锡路妓院老板娘的历程。梁思聪以妓院老板娘的身份，亲眼目睹家庭的变迁，追溯了恭锡路从20世纪30年代至今的变迁，并通过文字，找到了与母亲的和解。
《恭锡路 17A 号》是对过去、对记忆、对我们先行者的美丽致敬，讲述了马婕、佩巴仔和大姑娘的丰富故事——她们是过去被边缘化、被遗忘的女性，尽管面临困难，但她们仍坚持不懈地努力，为更美好的未来的希望而努力。
恭锡路17A号
Mummy, why do you always have to leave for 17A…
17A Keong Saik Road recounts Charmaine Leung’s growing-up years on Keong Saik Road in the 1970s when it was a prominent red-light precinct in Chinatown in Singapore. An interweaving of past and present narratives, 17A Keong Saik Road tells of her mother’s journey as a young child put up for sale to becoming the madame of a brothel in Keong Saik. Unfolding her story as the daughter of a brothel operator and witnessing these changes to her family, Charmaine traces the transformation of the Keong Saik area from the 1930s to the present, and through writing, finds reconciliation.
A beautiful dedication to the past, to memory, and to the people who have gone before us, 17A Keong Saik Road tells the rich stories of the Ma Je, the Pei Pa Zai, and the Dai Gu Liong—marginalised, forgotten women of the past, who despite their difficulties, persevered in working towards the hope of a better future.
