num_pages: 213
description: Narrated by the living voice of Beccah, a young Korean-American girl, and the spiritual voice of her mother, Akiko, this story of past and present explores the universal conflict between mother and daughter and the peace that can be found in that relationship. A first novel.
language: English
title: Comfort Woman
titlecomplete: Comfort Woman
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Asia, Japan, Literature, Feminism, Asian Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 1746
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: American Book Award
publisher: Viking Adult