Description
Set in Singapore during the Japanese occupation and decades later, this powerful historical novel follows Wang Di, a teenager forced into sexual slavery as a “comfort woman,” and Kevin, a boy who uncovers a long-buried family secret while caring for his ailing grandmother. As the story moves between wartime devastation and the turn of the millennium, the consequences of silence—and the courage required to break it—come sharply into focus. Exploring memory, trauma, family loyalty, and the resilience of women facing unimaginable cruelty, the novel offers a deeply moving portrait of how the past can shape generations. Inspired in part by the author’s family history, it is an evocative and compassionate debut about truth, survival, and the possibility of healing.
Available Editions
hardcover
Hanover Square Press
Published May 7, 2019
352 pages
ISBN: 9781335953759
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Details
First Published
2019
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee.