{"product_id":"the-storm-we-made-vanessa-chan-9781797166261","title":"The Storm We Made","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spellbinding, sweeping novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unlikely spy for the invading Japanese forces during WWII--and the shocking consequences that rain upon her community and family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\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. 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 Fuijwara 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. Spanning 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 1797166263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781797166261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Audio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.30h x 6.10w x 1.60d","brand":"Vanessa Chan","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44540435300607,"sku":"9781797166261","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_043a9bd5-5b5f-403d-8131-f2f6bf534e20.jpg?v=1700587887","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-storm-we-made-vanessa-chan-9781797166261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}