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Edinburgh Festival 2019: Jing-Jing Lee

Kirsty Wark talks to author Jing-Jing Lee about her critically acclaimed novel "How We Disappeared" at the Edinburgh Festival.

Kirsty Wark talks to author Jing-Jing Lee about her critically acclaimed novel "How We Disappeared" at The Edinburgh Festival. The book serves as both a tribute to the Singaporeans who were shamed into silence after being forced to work as "Comfort Women" by the Japanese in World War Two and a homage to a Singapore that has long since disappeared.

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