Singapore, 1942. Japanese forces sweep through the country, leaving shattered villages in their wake. Seventeen-year-old Wang Di is taken from her home and forced into sexual slavery in a Japanese military brothel. What she endures is never spoken of again.
Sixty years later, twelve-year-old Kevin sits beside his ailing grandmother when he hears a whispered confession. That moment changes everything. Driven by curiosity and compassion, Kevin begins to uncover a past his family never dared to confront.
Told across two timelines, How We Disappeared shines a light on a hidden chapter of World War II history. Drawing from her own family’s past, Jing-Jing Lee explores the long shadow of trauma, the silence it demands, and the courage it takes to break it.
