How We Disappeared

The heart-rending story of survival and endurance in Japanese-occupied SingaporeSingapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked, leaving only three survivors, one of them a tiny child. In a neighbouring village, seventeen-year-old Wang Di is bundled into the back of a troop carrier and shipped off to a Japanese military brothel.

After sixty years of silence, what she saw and experienced there still haunts her. And in the year 2000, twelve-year-old Kevin is sitting beside his ailing grandmother when he overhears a mumbled confession. He sets out to discover the truth, wherever it might lead, setting in motion a chain of events he could never have foreseen.

Weaving together two timelines and two very big secrets, this evocative, profoundly moving and utterly dazzling debut opens a window on a little-known period of history, and heralds the arrival of a thrilling new literary star.

Povestea sfasietoare a supravietuirii si a rezistentei in Singapore, Singapore, ocupata de japonezi, 1942. In timp ce trupele japoneze matureaza Malaezia si ajung in Singapore, un sat este jefuit, lasand doar trei supravietuitori, unul dintre ei un copil mic.