The Undrowning Lotus: A WW2 Historical Novel

Jenny Chan has created a poignant account of the tragic violence enacted on Chinese comfort women by Japanese soldiers during World War II. Based on interviews with survivors, the story of Chinese women brutalized in wartime is told from the perspective of a young Chinese girl who brings emotional resonance and strength to a too often overlooked historical atrocity."

-Janelle Wong, Professor, Asian American Studies Program, University of Maryland, College Park

"Chan's ability to gather and weave the oral histories of women who suffered under the Japanese occupation into such a captivating tale of woe, culture, and hope is exceptional. Her storytelling does justice to our female elders, retelling their experiences in a way that challenges the reader's imagination and inspires an affinity for our lost histories in the Pacific Theater." -- Stacey Anne Salinas, Senior Historian of the Bulosan Center of Filipino Studies, UC Davis