There's still time! Find the perfect Father's Day gift with store pickup | Shop NowThere's still time! Find the perfect Father's Day gift with store pickup | Shop Now
Add Item to wish listAdd Item to wish list
Read Sample

A Gift of the Emperor

By Therese Park
Paperback
$18.00
By Therese Park
Promotion message icon
Premium Members save an extra 10% and all Members collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5.Learn More
Formats
See All Formats & Editions
In stock
This item is currently out of stock online.
Free standard shipping on orders over $60
Select a store to view item availability.

A Gift of the Emperor is the poignant fictional account of real-life atrocities inflicted upon more than 200,000 Asian women by the Japanese military during World War II. This haunting story is narrated by Soon-ah, a Korean schoolgirl whose life is shattered when Emperor Hirohito’s soldiers abduct her from her village and ship her and her schoolmates to a “house of relaxation” in the South Pacific. Here, on an island with surreal beauty, Soon-ah is forced into prostitution as a “comfort wom...

Categories

FictionHistorical FictionWar & Military FictionWorld War II - Historical FictionWorld War II - Military Fiction