I'll make a short work of this. 'How We Disappeared' A 13 year old Kevin is charged with the mission to find the truth about his family's past. The reason? His dying grandmother tells him a secret she almost carries to the grave. At the end of the spectrum is Wang Di, a survivor of the Japanese occupation of Singapore. If you read enough books or watch dramas, you can predict where this is going. The arc of this story encompasses the plight of comfort girls who were held captive, mistreated (putting it mildly) and later abandoned in the face of defeat. I was slightly impatient with the book for having figured out the plot too early and because I had already read a couple of books dealing with the occupation earlier. But that's on me. Is the book well-written? Yes. The characters? Well-formed. The storyline? Fleshed out. It punches all the right spots. If this is your first read about the atrocities committed during the Japanese occupation of Malaysia, Singapore and the region- trigger warning. If you want more material on the occupation: 1. The Rape of Nanking 2. The Narrow Road To The Deep North #howwedisappeared #jingjinglee #japaneseoccupation #worldwar2history #worldwartwohistory #historicalfictionbooks #historicalfiction #asianhistory #singaporebooks #asianfiction #neverwithoutabook #nevernotreading #bookblogger #readingchallenge2022 #2022readingchallenge #octoberreads #readingwomen #readersaesthetic #bookishthoughts #bookdragon #booksaboutwar #booksandcoffee #delhibookstagrammer #delhireaders #delhibookstafam #indianbookstagram #indianbookstagrammer #indianreaders #coffeeandbooks (at Delhi, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkKtpYULD1a/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
