| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 56 min., 11 sec.)) : digital. |
| Playing Time |
115611 |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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audio file rdaft |
| Performer |
Read by Angela Lin and Ryun Yu. |
| Summary |
*A Library Journal "Emerging Stars" Pick*A beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel set in World War II Singapore about a woman who survived the Japanese occupation and a man who thought he had lost everything--for fans of Pachinko and We Were the Lucky OnesSingapore, 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. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from title details screen (OverDrive, viewed May 15, 2019). |
| Subject |
Widows -- Singapore -- Fiction.
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Singapore -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
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Singapore -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Widows. (OCoLC)fst01174951
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Singapore. (OCoLC)fst01205288
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Japanese Occupation of Singapore (Singapore : 1942-1945) (OCoLC)fst01353450
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks. (OCoLC)fst01726208
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Lin, Angela, Narrator.
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Yu, Ryun, Narrator
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| ISBN |
9781488206351 (electronic audio bk.) |
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148820635X (electronic audio bk.) |
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