EPISODE · May 7, 2019 · 5 MIN
How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee
from Stream Popular Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Drama · host Luz Osinski
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/368678 to listen full audiobooks. Title: How We Disappeared Author: Jing-Jing Lee Narrator: Ryun Yu, Angela Lin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 50 minutes Release date: May 7, 2019 Genres: Drama Publisher's 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 Ones 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.
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