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Daughters of the Dragon by Andrews, William is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Daughters of the Dragon about?

DURING WORLD WAR II, the Japanese forced 200,000 young Korean women to be sex slaves or “comfort women” for their soldiers. This is one woman’s riveting story of strength, courage and promises kept.In 1943, the Japanese tear young Ja-hee and her sister from their peaceful family farm to be comfort women for the Imperial Army. Before they leave home, their mother gives them a magnificent antique comb with an ivory inlay of a two-headed dragon, saying it will protect them. The sisters suffer terribly at the hands of the Japanese, and by the end of the war, Ja-hee must flee while her sister lies dying. Ja-hee keeps her time as a comfort woman a secret while she struggles to rebuild her life. She meets a man in North Korea who shows her what true love is. But the communists take him away in the middle of the night, and she escapes to the South. There, she finally finds success as the country rebuilds after the Korean War. However when her terrible secret is revealed, she’s thrown into poverty. In the depths of despair, she’s tempted to sell the comb with the two-headed dragon that she believes has no magic for her. Then one day she discovers its true meaning and her surprising heredity

Who reads Daughters of the Dragon?

Author

Andrews, William

Publisher

MADhouse Press LLC

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780991395859

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, History, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.33 / 5 (781 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13