A review by castlelass
Daughters of the Dragon by William Andrews

3.0

This book is historical fiction of the life of a "comfort woman," a euphemism for a sex slave, to the Japanese military during WWII. The main character tells her story to her granddaughter, who had been adopted at birth by an American family, and had travelled to Korea to seek her birth mother. I read it quickly, and found it compelling. I wondered if a grandmother would tell her story in such detail to her granddaughter, but dismissed it as a plot device. I had known of the existence of these women but had never internalized that it meant forced sexual slavery for many thousands of Asian women. I also learned a bit about Korean history. As you may expect from the subject matter, this book is not for children or for anyone triggered by descriptions of rape or battery.