When Sleeping Women Wake

WINNER OF 2026 AUSTRALIAN INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION

''A heart-breaking, moving, and soaring novel'' NGUYỄN PHAN QUẾ MAI
''Gorgeous and expansive'' STYLIST

Hong Kong, 1941. Following the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the wealthy Tang family flee to Hong Kong.

As the First Wife of the family, Mingzhu leads a sheltered - if lonely - existence overseeing her daughter Qiang and managing the hou...