Maids in Singapore - Untold Stories They Can’t Say Out Loud
Maids in Singapore: Untold Stories They Can’t Say Out Loud is a powerful anthology that gives voice to the invisible women behind the uniforms—mothers, daughters, and breadwinners from Myanmar, the Philippines, and Indonesia who come to Singapore in search of a better life.
Told with raw honesty and quiet strength, these first-person and third-person narratives uncover the hidden lives of domestic workers: the silent rules they are expected to follow, the heartbreaks they endure far from home, and the rare moments of humanity that keep them going.
From sleeping in bomb shelters to surviving exploitation, from secret love to crushing loneliness, and from acts of cruelty to acts of kindness that restore faith, these stories expose the truth behind the closed gates of households across Singapore.
This is not just a book about maids.
It’s a book about resilience, sacrifice, and dignity.
About the women we see every day—but rarely ever hear from.
You may never look at your helper—or yourself—the same way again.
