Daughters of the Dragon

A Comfort Woman's Story

By: William Andrews

Narrated by: Valerie Gilbert

Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

During World War II, the Japanese forced 200,000 young Korean women to be sex slaves or "comfort women" for their soldiers. This is one woman’s riveting story of strength, courage, and promises kept.

In 1943, the Japanese tear young Ja-hee and her sister from their peaceful family farm to be comfort women for the Imperial Army. Before they leave home, their mother gives them a magnificent antique comb with an ivory inlay of a two-headed dragon, saying it will protect them. The sisters suffer terribly at the hands of the Japanese, and by the end of the war, Ja-hee must flee while her sister lies dying. Ja-hee keeps her time as a comfort woman a secret while she struggles to rebuild her life. She meets a man in North Korea who shows her what true love is. But the communists take him away in the middle of the night, and she escapes to the South. There, she finally finds success as the country rebuilds after the Korean War. However when her terrible secret is revealed, she’s thrown into poverty. In the depths of despair, she’s tempted to sell the comb with the two-headed dragon that she believes has no magic for her. Then one day she discovers its true meaning and her surprising heredity. And now she must find the only person who can carry on the legacy of the two-headed dragon…someone she abandoned years ago.

Set within the tumultuous backdrop of 20th-century Korea, Daughters of the Dragon by Mayhaven Award-winning author William Andrews will make you cry and cheer for Ja-hee. And in the end, you’ll have a better understanding of the Land of the Morning Calm.

©2014 William Andrews (P)2014 William Andrews

didn't know this occurred

I really liked this book it opened my eyes to a situation I didn't know occurred

good story, horrible performance.

I had a very hard time trying to listen to this book. had I read the book instead of listening to this awful performance, I might have enjoyed the book more. the reader messed up all the korean words and the performance of individual characters reminded me of a female version of William Shatner's acting in star trek. don't get me wrong, I love William Shatner but her reading was so over the top and confusing, I almost didn't finish the book.

Excellent compelling story

Excellent story but almost stop listening because narrator was so flat, monotone. she definitely does not do the book justice.

Really awful narrator. So distracting!

Book and story are interesting and it’s a unique subject and loved the way the book was constructed. Wish I’d bought the ebook instead, narrator was distracting and unnatural in her word emphasis and pauses. Agree with reviewer who likened the narration to Shatner’s odd delivery and bad acting in the original Star Trek.

This story needs to be told, but not by this narrator

This story is horrifying and graphic. I had no idea this happened to many women in Korea.
The storyteller was so robotic it was such a turnoff. Read the book, instead of this Audible.

wonderfully engaging

history combined w a good story..hoping fir a rhird book in this series.. get it

great book

this is an amazing story about the women in Korea during and after the second world war it is heart-wrenching heartwarming brilliant sad beautiful. Plus I learned a lot about Korea that I would have never known. I highly recommend this book and I don't do that very often.

Horrible performance!

I was looking forward to this book because the background history is very interesting and it got great reviews. Well, I could not get past chapter 6 because of the performance. Overly dramatic, bad acting!

Enthralling.

once i started it i didnt want it to end! Amazing Storytelling! Absolutely loved it!

They didn't cover this in my history classes...

Any additional comments?

I was really... horrified. There is so much to cover when a child is in school and learning about the world. I know not all world events can be covered but... never, never had I heard about this. I want to thank the narrator, Valerie, for offering me this book. I am off to Google the besheeshus out of this slice of (eye opening) history