How we disappeared : a novel / Jing-Jing Lee.
"Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked, leaving only two survivors and one tiny child. In a neighboring village, seventeen-year-old Wang Di is strapped into the back of a troop carrier and shipped off to a Japanese military brothel where she is forced into sexual slavery as a 'comfort woman.' After sixty years of silence, what she saw and experienced still haunts her. In the year 2000, twelve-year-old Kevin is sitting beside his ailing grandmother when he overhears a mumbled confession. He sets out to discover the truth, wherever it might lead, setting in motion a chain of events he never could have foreseen. Weaving together two time lines and two very big secrets, this stunning debut opens a window on a little-known period of history, revealing the strength and bravery shown by numerous women in the face of terrible cruelty. Drawing in part on her family's experiences, Jing-Jing Lee has crafted a profoundly moving, unforgettable novel about human resilience, the bonds of family and the courage it takes to confront the past." -- Amazon
Record details
- ISBN: 9781335953759
- Physical Description: 348 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Hanover Square Press, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 > Singapore > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Fiction. Women > Singapore > Fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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