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The storm we made : a novel / Vanessa Chan.
"In 1945 Malaya, when her family is in terrible danger due to a choice she made 10 years earlier, Cecily Alcantara, who was lured into a life of espionage for the invading Japanese forces during World War II, finds her actions catching up with her and will do anything to save those she loves"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781668015148 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 339 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Marysue Rucci Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Marysue Rucci Books, 2024.
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| General Note: | "The Good Morning America book club, a GMA book club pick!"--Dust jacket. |
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| Genre: | Historical fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Chan | 31681010355279 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
In 1945 Malaya, when her family is in terrible danger due to a choice she made 10 years earlier, Cecily Alcantara, who was lured into a life of espionage for the invading Japanese forces during World War II, finds her actions catching up with her and will do anything to save those she loves. - Baker & Taylor
"In 1945 Malaya, when her family is in terrible danger due to a choice she made 10 years earlier, Cecily Alcantara, who was lured into a life of espionage for the invading Japanese forces during World War II, finds her actions catching up with her and will do anything to save those she loves"-- - Simon and Schuster
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION 2024 FIRST NOVEL PRIZE
In this âespionage-laden family epicâ (Vanity Fair), an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spyâand her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties.
Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantaraâs 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 Fujiwara lured her into a life of espionage, pursuing dreams of an âAsia for Asians.â Ten years later as the war reaches its apex, her actions have caught up with her. Now her family is on the brink of destructionâand she will do anything to save them.
Told from the perspectives of four unforgettable characters, The Storm We Made spans years of pain, triumph, and perseverance. âThe tenderness in its details, the ordinary ways that these characters love and laugh in the face of the extraordinaryâ¦Chan shows us, with clarity and care, how the truest mirror comes from the intimacy of human connectionâ (The New York Times Book Review).
