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A review by jordanrisa
Lolas' House: Filipino Women Living with War by M. Evelina Galang
5.0
“This issue is about the perpetual abuse of women in war— at home and abroad, between nations, among communities, and within families. This is about women and their bodies. Who has a right to them? Who protects them? Who honors them and who denies them? It is about that dignity that is torn from each girl, each woman, each nation’s daughter, every time she is taken against her will, violated, and left for dead.”
This book documents the stories of 16 surviving Filipino “comfort women” who were kidnapped, beaten, and brutally raped by the Japanese army in WW2. This is only 16 stories of over 1000 Filipino girls and women— some as young as 12– and over 4000 victims in Asia overall about the terror many Japanese soldiers caused so many people. I’ve never read a nonfiction account on war before this one and it has opened my eyes even more to how war affects so many innocent people. I highly recommend this read, no matter how difficult at times, because the stories that the Japanese government has tried so hard to cover up have the right to be heard.
This book documents the stories of 16 surviving Filipino “comfort women” who were kidnapped, beaten, and brutally raped by the Japanese army in WW2. This is only 16 stories of over 1000 Filipino girls and women— some as young as 12– and over 4000 victims in Asia overall about the terror many Japanese soldiers caused so many people. I’ve never read a nonfiction account on war before this one and it has opened my eyes even more to how war affects so many innocent people. I highly recommend this read, no matter how difficult at times, because the stories that the Japanese government has tried so hard to cover up have the right to be heard.