num_pages: 350
description: 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.
language: English
title: How We Disappeared
publisher: Hanover Square Press