When Sleeping Women Wake, 9780733652875
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Three women’s resilience in war-torn Hong Kong, their bonds unbreakable.
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When Sleeping Women Wake

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    464 pages

  • Release Date

    25 June 2025

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Summary

Hong Kong Echoes: A Novel of War, Resilience, and Unbreakable Bonds

An epic and emotional story of three spirited women - a mother, her daughter, their maid - during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong

1941. The wealthy Tang family has settled in Hong Kong after fleeing Shanghai. As the First Wife of the family, Mingzhu leads a glamorous but lonely existence - mothering the son of her husband’s concubine, overseeing her dau…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780733652875
ISBN-10:0733652875
Author:Emma Pei Yin
Publisher:Hachette Australia
Imprint:Hachette Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:464
Release Date:25 June 2025
Weight:570g
Dimensions:235mm x 155mm x 35mm
About The Author

Emma Pei Yin

Emma Pei Yin is an Australian-Hong Kong Chinese writer and editor. Her work has been featured in publications such as Mekong Review, Being Asian Australian, HerCanberra, Aniko Press, The Hong Kong Review and Books+Publishing. In 2023, BookPeople and Penguin Random House Australia nominated her as Bookseller of the Year. That same year, her manuscript, Chasing Echoes in the Rain, was shortlisted for the Allen & Unwin Voices from the Intersection Mentorship Programme. She lives and works on Ngunnawal Country with her partner and their extremely barky dachshund, Lady. When Sleeping Women Wake is her first novel.

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