{"product_id":"9781786075956","title":"How We Disappeared","description":"Author: Jing-Jing Lee\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781786075956\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 31 Mar 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 352 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe heart-rending story of survival and endurance in Japanese-occupied Singapore\u003cbr\u003eSingapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked, leaving only three survivors, one of them a tiny child.\u003cbr\u003eIn a neighbouring village, seventeen-year-old Wang Di is bundled into the back of a troop carrier and shipped off to a Japanese military brothel. After sixty years of silence, what she saw and experienced there still haunts her.\u003cbr\u003eAnd 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 could never have foreseen.\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together two timelines and two very big secrets, this evocative, profoundly moving and utterly dazzling debut opens a window on a little-known period of history, and heralds the arrival of a thrilling new literary star.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46619433435294,"sku":"UBD-9781786075956","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781786075956.jpg?v=1773899612","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781786075956","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}