Beschreibung
Malaysia, 1945. As WW2 rages, will a mother's choice affect her children forever? British Malaya, 1930s Discontented housewife Cecily is seduced by Japanese general Fujiwara and the glorious future he is promising for 'independent' Malaya, free from British colonialism. As she becomes further embedded as his own personal spy, she unwittingly alters the fate of her country by welcoming in a punishing form of dictatorship under the Japanese in WWII. Japanese-occupied Malaya, 1945 Cecily and her family are barely surviving. Her children, Jujube, Abel and Jasmin, are surrounded by threat, and look to their mother to keep them safe. But she can't tell them about the part she played in the war - and she doesn't know how to protect them. Can Cecily face up to her past to save her children? Or is it already too late... ? READERS ARE LOVING THE STORM WE MADE: Difficult to put down once started. ????? This is not a book to be missed. ????? An absolutely exceptional book that will never leave me.?????
| EAN: | 9781399712613 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 30.01.2025 |
| Autoren: | Chan, Vanessa |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 352 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Historical |
| Keyword: | literary fiction; ww2; ww2 books; books about ww2; malaysia; books about the war; second world war; books set during ww2; all the light we cannot see; anthony doerr; pachinko; min jin lee; classics; classic books; women's prize; prize winning books; go as a river; chelley read; tan twan eng; ocean vuong; cecile pin; wandering souls; sarah winman; still life; hanya yanagihara; shuggie bain; award winning novels; sunday times bestsellers; radio 2 book of the month; heartbreaking; smart fiction; presents for christmas; best books of the year; world war two; malaysian fiction; japanese fiction; fiction from other cultures; for women; for girls; book deals; tiktok books; bestsellers |
| Fachschema: | Amerikanische Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung~Malaysia |
| Fachkategorie: | Historischer Roman~Familienleben |
| Imprint-Titels: | Hodder Paperbacks |
| Länge: | 198 mm |
| Breite: | 129 mm |
