When Sleeping Women Wake

sweeping historical fiction set during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in World War II with female resistance at its heart

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Pub Date 17 Jun 2025 | Archive Date 17 Jun 2025

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'A heart-breaking, moving, and soaring novel. An important literary feat from an exciting new voice' NGUYỄN PHAN QUẾ MAI, global best-selling author of The Mountains Sing and Dust Child

Hong Kong, 1941. Following the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the wealthy Tang family flee to Hong Kong.


As the First Wife of the family, Mingzhu leads a sheltered - if lonely - existence overseeing her daughter Qiang and managing the household alongside her devoted maid, Biyu.

But when the Japanese army invade, the three women are scattered. Mingzhu is coerced into working for a Japanese captain. Qiang and Biyu escape the island, only to be forced into factory work then separated after an encounter with the East River Column Resistance fighters.

The longer the brutal occupation lasts, the more determined the women are to resist. And as war rages around the world, each is holding onto the hope that the other is alive.

Beautifully told and compulsively written, When Sleeping Women Wake is an utterly transporting story of female resistance and untold bravery, at once epic and intimate, heartbreaking and hopeful.

Perfect for fans of Lisa See, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai and Kristin Hannah.


'A lushly romantic and impassioned story of women's agency and resilience' JUHEA KIM

'Compelling, beautiful, and deeply moving . . . [a] stunning tale of love, loyalty and survival' WEINA DAI RANDEL

'A breathtaking, important story of family, love and endurance . . . historical fiction at its finest' WIZ WHARTON

'A heart-breaking, moving, and soaring novel. An important literary feat from an exciting new voice' NGUYỄN PHAN QUẾ MAI, global best-selling author of The Mountains Sing and Dust Child

Hong Kong...


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ISBN 9781529440638
PRICE £20.00 (GBP)
PAGES 464

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