How we disappeared : a novel /
Lee, Jing-Jing, 1985-
How we disappeared : a novel / Jing-Jing Lee. - 348 pages ; 24 cm
"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.
9781335953759 1335953752
Comfort women--Fiction.
Last words--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.
Villages--Singapore--Fiction.
Human trafficking--Japan--Fiction.
Military offenses--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Singapore--History--20th century--Fiction.
Singapore--History--Japanese occupation, 1942-1945--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
How we disappeared : a novel / Jing-Jing Lee. - 348 pages ; 24 cm
"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.
9781335953759 1335953752
Comfort women--Fiction.
Last words--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.
Villages--Singapore--Fiction.
Human trafficking--Japan--Fiction.
Military offenses--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Singapore--History--20th century--Fiction.
Singapore--History--Japanese occupation, 1942-1945--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.