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      A Gift of the Emperor

      by Therese Park
      Published
      Aug 2016
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
      Pages
      250
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      "A Gift of the Emperor" is the poignant fictional account of real-life atrocities inflicted upon more than 200,000 Asian women by the Japanese military during World War II. This haunting story is narrated by Soon-ah, a Korean schoolgirl whose life is shattered when Emperor Hirohito's soldiers abduct her from her village and ship her and her schoolmates to a "house of relaxation" in the South Pacific. Here, on an island with surreal beauty, Soon-ah is forced into prostitution as a "comfort woman" to the Japanese military. This scorching account of one woman's endurance of sexual degradation and the unspeakable horror of war provides compelling testimony to the strength of the human spirit, the power of love over hate, and the ultimate triumph of hope over despair.

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      General Fiction

      Subgenres

      Historical Literary

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      First Edition Aug 2016 Open Road Publishing ISBN13 9781504036245 ISBN10 1504036247
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      Apr 2016 -- Not Selected ISBN10 B01DLFPEEM
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