The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan has everything that WWII fiction needs more of. As soon as I read it, I couldn’t wait to write about it. TSWM is set in Malaya and alternates between the 1930s—when it was occupied by the British—and August 1945, in the waning days of the Japanese occupation. It follows the Alcantara family: the unhappily-married matriarch, Cecily and her three children.
"The Storm We Made" by Vanessa Chan
"The Storm We Made" by Vanessa Chan
"The Storm We Made" by Vanessa Chan
The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan has everything that WWII fiction needs more of. As soon as I read it, I couldn’t wait to write about it. TSWM is set in Malaya and alternates between the 1930s—when it was occupied by the British—and August 1945, in the waning days of the Japanese occupation. It follows the Alcantara family: the unhappily-married matriarch, Cecily and her three children.