A review by stephb413
Daughters of the Dragon: A Comfort Woman's Story by William Andrews

4.0

Historical fiction is tricky, especially when it is written about topics as horrifying as comfort women. That said, this book does a good job bringing to light the horrors comfort women faced. As well as, the extreme prejudice they faced for decades after Japan's defeat by their own citizens, as well as the Korean War. I lived in Seoul for 4 years and the book made me think about/miss different sites in Seoul (House of Sharing, Itaewon, Gyeongbokgung Palace, etc.) I also appreciated the comments about American involvement in the region. In short, I really do value anytime attention is drawn to comfort women because it is time sensitive as these women are getting older and will not be around to have their easily obtainable demands met! This book does all that and so much more.