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When sleeping women wake

Pei Yin, Emma2025
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An epic and emotional story of three spirited women - a mother, her daughter, their maid - during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. 1941. The wealthy Tang family has settled in Hong Kong after fleeing Shanghai. As the First Wife of the family, Mingzhu leads a glamorous but lonely existence - mothering the son of her husband's concubine, overseeing her daughter Qiang's education, and directing their household of servants, including her long-time confidante, Biyu. When the Japanese invade the island, the three women's paths wildly diverge. Mingzhu's affinity for languages spares her physical labour but she's coerced into serving an enemy captain. Qiang and Biyu suffer brutal factory work and food rations until an encounter with the East River Column Resistance fighters separates them. As war rages around them, each woman holds onto the hope that the others are alive. Can they fight for their freedom and still find their way back to each other?
Main title:
When sleeping women wake / Emma Pei Yi = Chen Pei Ying.
Author:
Pei Yin, Emma, author
Work:
When sleeping women wake
Imprint:
Gadigal Country ; Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2025.©2025
Collation:
448 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Published in Great Britain in 2025 by Quercus Editions Ltd.
ISBN:
97807336528759780733652875 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.4895.136
Language:
English
Subject:
Women -- FictionSino-Japanese War, 1894-1895 -- FictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- China -- Hong Kong -- FictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
828755
Bookmark link:
https://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=828755
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