When Sleeping Women Wake

<p>'A heart-breaking, moving, and soaring novel. An important literary feat from an exciting new voice' <b>NGUYỄN PHAN QUẾ MAI, global best-selling author of<i> The Mountains Sing</i> and<i> Dust Child</i></b><br><br><b>Hong Kong, 1941. Following the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the wealthy Tang family flee to Hong Kong.</b><br><br>As the First Wife of the family, <b>Mingzhu</b> leads a sheltered - if lonely - existence overseeing her daughter <b>Qiang</b> and managing the household alongside her devoted maid, <b>Biyu</b>.<br><br>But when the Japanese army invade, the three women are scattered. <b>Mingzhu</b> is coerced into working for a Japanese captain. <b>Qiang</b> and <b>Biyu</b> escape the island, only to be forced into factory work then separated after an encounter with the East River Column Resistance fighters.<br><br>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.<br><br><b>Beautifully told and compulsively written, <i>When Sleeping Women Wake</i> is an utterly transporting story of female resistance and untold bravery, at once epic and intimate, heartbreaking and hopeful.<br><br>Perfect for fans of Lisa See, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai and Kristin Hannah.</b><br><br>'A lushly romantic and impassioned story of women's agency and resilience' <b>JUHEA KIM<br></b><br>'Compelling, beautiful, and deeply moving . . . [a] stunning tale of love, loyalty and survival' <b>WEINA DAI RANDEL</b><br><br>'A breathtaking, important story of family, love and endurance . . . historical fiction at its finest' <b>WIZ WHARTON</b></p>