How We Disappeared

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"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.

subjects: Singapore, fiction,  Fiction, family life,  Widows, fiction,  Grandparents, fiction,  World war, 1939-1945, fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Fiction, historical, general,  Comfort women,  Fiction,  Widows,  Grandparent and child,  Family secrets,  World War, 1939-1945,  History,  Secrecy,  Last words,  Villages,  Human trafficking,  Military offenses,  FICTION / Historical / World War II,  FICTION / Literary,  FICTION / Sagas,  Japanese Occupation of Singapore (1942-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01353450 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01353450,  World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01180924