When sleeping women wake

Hong Kong, 1941. Following the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the wealthy Tang family flee to Hong Kong. As First Wife, Mingzhu leads a sheltered - if lonely - existence overseeing her daughter Qiang's education, while managing the household alongside her devoted maid, Biyu. But when the Japanese army invade, the three women are scattered. Mingzhu is coerced into working for a Japanese captain, while Qiang and Biyu are forced into factory work, until an encounter with the East River Column Resistance fighters separates them once more. The longer the brutal occupation lasts, the more determined the women are to resist. And as war rages around the world, each is holding onto the hope that the other is alive.

Genres

Historical

Language

English

Publisher

Quercus

ISBN

9781529440706