{"product_id":"9781786075956","title":"How We Disappeared","description":"\u003cp\u003eA novel set in Singapore about a woman who survived the Japanese occupation and a man who thought he had lost everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSingapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked, leaving only two survivors and one tiny child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a neighboring village, seventeen-year-old Wang Di is bundled into the back of a troop carrier and shipped off to a Japanese military brothel where she is forced into sexual slavery. After sixty years of silence, what she saw and experienced there still haunts her present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the year 2000, twelve-year-old Kevin is determined to find out the truth – wherever it might lead – after his grandmother makes a surprising confession on her deathbed, one she never meant Kevin to hear, setting in motion a chain of events he could never have foreseen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together two timelines and two very big secrets, this debut opens a window on a little-known period of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Jing-Jing+Lee\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJing-Jing Lee\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jing-Jing Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47377376444579,"sku":"9781786075956","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781786075956_93c03e32-e323-4e85-851d-d849da6ed5bb.jpg?v=1776590942","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781786075956","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}