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Jan 2, 2024 · Set in World War II, Vanessa Chan’s utterly gripping debut novel The Storm We Made is the story of an unlikely spy and the consequences of her actions. When Cecily, a bored Malayan housewife in British-colonized Malaya, encounters the charismatic General Fujiwara, she is seduced not only by the force of his personality, but also his dreams of ...
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Dec 31, 2023 · ROB SCHMITZ, HOST: In her new book, "The Storm We Made," author Vanessa Chan weaves the complicated and intriguing tale of a family navigating colonial Malaya, now known as Malaysia....
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Feb 9, 2024 · Vanessa Chan’s debut novel, “The Storm We Made,” unspools the consequences of a woman in pre-war Malaya deciding to become a spy for the Japanese.
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Jan 2, 2024 · THE STORM WE MADE, by Vanessa Chan. “Isn’t every man a good man and a bad man?” asks Cecily Alcantara, the protagonist of Vanessa Chan’s debut novel, “The Storm We Made,” which...
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May 22, 2024 · A 2024 Good Morning America Book Club Pick, The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan offers the story of Cecily, an unassuming wife and mother in 1930s Malaya. The wife of a low-level bureaucrat, Cecily is approached by General Fujiwara, a Japanese espionage agent who recruits Cecily to aid him in overthrowing the British colonial rulers of the time.
Dec 28, 2023 · Former Facebook exec Vanessa Chan's debut novel, 'The Storm We Made,' tells a tale of espionage, love and war during Japan's occupation of Southeast Asia.
Jan 17, 2024 · The Storm We Made, Vanessa Chan (Marysue Rucci Books, Hodder & Stoughton, January 2024) Set in Malaya between the mid-1930s and 1945, the story is told in alternating points of view from Cecily Alcantara and her children Jujube, Abel and Jasmin.