Daughters of the Dragon by William Andrews

However when her terrible secret is revealed, she’s thrown into poverty. There, she finally finds success as the country rebuilds after the Korean War. But the communists take him away in the middle of the night, and she escapes to the South. She meets a man in North Korea who shows her what true love is. Ja-hee keeps her time as a comfort woman a secret while she struggles to rebuild her life. 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. 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. In 1943, the Japanese tear young Ja-hee and her sister from their peaceful family farm to be comfort women for the Imperial Army. Inspired by The Kite Runner and Memoirs of a Geisha, Daughters of the Dragon by Mayhaven Award-winning author William Andrews is set within the sweeping backdrop of Korea’s tumultuous 20 thcentury and is a story of love and redemption, family, courage, and honor.ĭAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON will make you cry and cheer for Korea and give you a deeper understanding of the Land of the Morning Calm.Ī Korean woman’s courageous struggle to overcome sex slavery. And now she must find the only person who can help her carry on this legacy… someone she abandoned years ago.

But one day she discovers its true meaning and her surprising heredity. In the depths of her despair, she is tempted to sell the comb with the two-headed dragon that she believes has no magic for her. But her terrible secret is revealed and she is thrown into poverty. But the communists take him away in the middle of the night and she is forced to escape to the South. She meets a man who shows her what true love is. Ja-hee keeps her time as a comfort woman a secret while she struggles to rebuild her life in North Korea. The sisters suffer terribly at the hands of the Japanese and by the end of the war, Ja-hee is forced to flee while her sister lays dying. Before they leave home, their mother gives them a magnificent antique comb with an ivory inlay of a two-headed dragon, telling them the dragon will protect them. Young Ja-hee and her sister are torn from their family farm and forced to become sex slaves, or comfort women, for the Japanese army during World War II.

This is one woman’s riveting Story Of Strength, Courage And Promises Kept. During World War II, the Japanese forced 200,000 young Korean women to be sex slaves or “comfort women” for their soldiers.

Daughters of the Dragon by William Andrews