Emma Pei Yin

When Sleeping Women Wake (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'In this gripping tale, a close band of women are scattered by a ruthless occupation, each finding her own path through resilience, cunning and taking high-risk chances . . . A riveting, fast-paced read' JENNIFER RYAN

Hong Kong, 1941. Following the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the wealthy Tang family flee to Hong Kong, believing it to be protected under British occupation. As the First Wife of the family, 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's affinity for languages spares her from physical labour, but she is coerced into working for a Japanese captain. Qiang and Biyu escape the island, only to be 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.

Beautifully told and compulsively written, When Sleeping Women Wake is an utterly transporting story of female resistance and untold bravery, at once epic and intimate, heartbreaking and hopeful.

'A lushly romantic and impassioned story of women's agency and resilience' JUHEA KIM

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quercus
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529440652
• Artikelnr.: 72258273

Autorenporträt

Emma Pei Yin is a UK-born and raised Hong Kong Chinese writer. She writes for publications including Mekong Review, Being Asian Australian, HerCanberra, Aniko Press, Hong Kong Review and Books + Publishing. Her YA manuscript, Chasing Echoes in the Rain, earned recognition when it was shortlisted for the Allen & Unwin Mentorship Programme. She was also nominated as BookPeople Penguin Random House Young Bookseller of 2023. She resides in Australia with her partner and an extremely barky Dachshund, Lady. When Sleeping Women Wake is her first novel.