{"product_id":"9781529440638","title":"When Sleeping Women Wake","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Emma Pei Yin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSecond World War fiction | Historical fiction | Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 17\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e June 2025 by Quercus Publishing in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 464 pages, N\/A \u003cbr\u003e241mm x 164mm x 40mm | 684g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A heart-breaking, moving, and soaring novel. An important literary feat from an exciting new voice' NGUY?N PHAN QU? MAI, global best-selling author of The Mountains Sing and Dust ChildHong Kong, 1941. Following the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the wealthy Tang family flee to Hong Kong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the First Wife of the family, Mingzhu leads a sheltered - if lonely - existence overseeing her daughter Qiang and managing the household alongside her devoted maid, Biyu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the Japanese army invade, the three women are scattered. Mingzhu is coerced into working for a Japanese captain. Qiang and Biyu escape the island, only to be forced into factory work then separated after an encounter with the East River Column Resistance fighters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully told and compulsively written, When Sleeping Women Wake is an utterly transporting story of female resistance and untold bravery, at once epic and intimate, heartbreaking and hopeful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Lisa See, Nguy?n Phan Qu? Mai and Kristin Hannah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A lushly romantic and impassioned story of women's agency and resilience' JUHEA KIM'Compelling, beautiful, and deeply moving . . . [a] stunning tale of love, loyalty and survival' WEINA DAI RANDEL'A breathtaking, important story of family, love and endurance . . . historical fiction at its finest' WIZ WHARTON\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55335662649719,"sku":"9781529440638","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781529440638.jpg?v=1750325198","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781529440638","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}