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'A storytelling star is born' TRACY CHEVALIER
'A novel that will stay with you' CECILE PIN
'Devastating, beautiful and extraordinary' JESSICA GEORGE
'Magnificent . . . I implore you to read it' CHRIS WHITAKER
'I'll never forget this book' JESSAMINE CHAN

Malaysia, 1945. As WW2 rages, will a mother's choice affect her children forever?

British Malaya, 1930s
Discontented housewife Cecily is seduced by Japanese general Fujiwara and the glorious future he is promising for 'independent' Malaya, free from British colonialism. As she becomes further embedded as his own personal spy, she unwittingly alters the fate of her country by welcoming in a punishing form of dictatorship under the Japanese in WWII.

Japanese-occupied Malaya, 1945
Cecily and her family are barely surviving. Her children, Jujube, Abel and Jasmin, are surrounded by threat, and look to their mother to keep them safe. But she can't tell them about the part she played in the war - and she doesn't know how to protect them.

Can Cecily face up to her past to save her children? Or is it already too late?

©2024 Vanessa Chan (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction
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Compelling listening but uncomfortable in places. I learned so much but was an emotional wreck at the end. This story will stay with me for a long time.

So Powerful

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Reader was point in at getting the accents right without being overly cheesy- made me laugh out loud at some parts of-and I’m malaysian!

Very well written. Keeps you wanting to know more - facts were researched and subjects weren’t too stereotypical

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The story was interesting though not the most compelling, but at least the narrator did not spoil it with inauthentic accents. Her Malaysian accent wasn't too bad, unlike a Tash Aw book where the narrator couldn't even pronounce some of the Malay words. I enjoyed hearing about this period in history and regret that I never asked my great aunt more about what she remembers from those days.

Decent accents

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Never read about this period of history from the Malaysian’s viewpoint. A really good read, or in my case listen. Loved the narration.

Great story

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Too much repetition of some words such as sour. As my parents had friends in Japanese pow camps it was interesting to see another side. Good on womanhood and toxic relationships

Inherited pain

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