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How we Disappeared

By: Jing-Jing Lee
Narrated by: Ryun Yu, Angela Lin
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Weaving together two timelines 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.
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 neighbouring village, seventeen-year-old Wang Di is bundled into the back of a troop carrier and shipped off to a Japanese military brothel where she is forced into sexual slavery. After sixty years of silence, what she saw and experienced there still haunts her present. in the year 2000, twelve-year-old Kevin is determined to find out the truth – wherever it might lead – after his grandmother makes a surprising confession on her deathbed, one she never meant Kevin to hear, setting in motion a chain of events he could never have foreseen.
A profoundly moving novel, based partly on the author's great-grandfather’s experiences.©2019 Jing-Jing Lee (P)2019 Harlequin Audio 20th Century Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Political World Literature
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I’ve read a lot of books based in Singapore pre and post independence and I lived there recently too. This is a touching story, sensitively written and gives a good idea of the life and culture of two generations. I recommend it especially if you have links to Singapore.

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