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The storm we made : a novel

Chan, Vanessa (Novelist), author

2024

Overview

\"Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day. Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the truth. A decade prior, Cecily had been desperate to be more than a housewife to a low-level bureaucrat in British-colonized Malaya. A chance meeting with the charismatic General Fuijwara lured her into a life of espionage, pursuing dreams of an \"Asia for Asians.\" Instead, Cecily helped usher in an even more brutal occupation by the Japanese. Ten years later as the war reaches its apex, her actions have caught up with her. Now her family is on the brink of destruction--and she will do anything to save them. Spanning years of pain and triumph, told from the perspectives of four unforgettable characters, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the horrors of war; the fraught relationships between the colonized and their oppressors, and the ambiguity of right and wrong when survival is at stake\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Marysue Rucci Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
• Subject: Japanese Occupation of Malaya (Malaya : 1942-1945) / World War (1939-1945) / 1867-1945 / Families Fiction. / Women spies Fiction. / Mother and child Fiction. / Missing children Fiction. / Betrayal Fiction. / World War, 1939-1945 Malaysia Fiction. / Families Malaysia Fiction. / Familles Romans, nouvelles, etc. / Espionnes Romans, nouvelles, etc. / Mère et enfant Romans, nouvelles, etc. / Enfants disparus Romans, nouvelles, etc. / Trahison (Morale) Romans, nouvelles, etc. / Familles Malaisie Romans, nouvelles, etc. / Betrayal / Families / Missing children / Mother and child / Multiple person narrative / Women spies / Mother-child relationship Fiction. / Malaya History British rule, 1867-1942 Fiction. / Malaya History Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 Fiction. / Malaisie occidentale Histoire 1867-1942 (Domination britannique) Romans, nouvelles, etc. / Malaisie occidentale Histoire 1942-1945 (Occupation japonaise) Romans, nouvelles, etc. / Malaya / Malaysia / Malaya Fiction.
• ISBN: 9781668015148, 1668015145

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS3603.H355857 CHA	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE