{"product_id":"the-storm-we-made-vanessa-chan-9781668015148","title":"The Storm We Made","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGOOD MORNING AMERICA\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this spellbinding novel, an ordinary housewife becomes an unlikely spy--and her dark secrets will test even the most unbreakable ties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMalaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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 \"Asia for Asians.\" Instead, Cecily helped usher in an even more brutal occupation by the Japanese. Ten years later as the war reaches its apex, her actions have caught up with her. Now her family is on the brink of destruction--and she will do anything to save them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning years of pain and triumph, told from the perspectives of four unforgettable characters, \u003ci\u003eThe Storm We Made\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling saga about the horrors of war; the fraught relationships between the colonized and their oppressors, and the ambiguity of right and wrong when survival is at stake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanessa Chan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1668015145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668015148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e S\u0026amp;s\/ Marysue Rucci Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/05\/2024","brand":"Vanessa Chan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44131876733183,"sku":"9781668015148","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cfffb719-1b58-4930-835b-31584f754363.jpg?v=1687476919","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-storm-we-made-vanessa-chan-9781668015148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}