Review: Wings Of A Flying Tiger: A Haunting, Heartbreaking Novel Set In WWII China
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- June 26, 2020
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World War II, Japan invaded China starting from the Northeast territory to Nanking, the capital of the Republic of China. This is a fictional tale of our heroine Jasmine Bai, whose bravery and compassion helped many after the Nanking massacre. We follow Jasmine’s story from Chunking, where she is an art student, to Nanking, where
READ MORESummary: Birch Bai, a Chinese Air Force Pilot and Danny Hardy, an American Flying Tiger, are engaged in a fierce air battle with the Japanese when their plane is shot down. Both men are captured and sent to a POW camp. At the camp, they and their fellow prisoners continue to suffer at the hands
READ MOREMy Thoughts on Wings of a Flying Tiger: I’m going to try my best to write a spoiler-free review, but it’s going to be tough. There’s so much I want to say about this book! At the same time, I don’t want to give too much of the story away or ruin any twists. Let’s
READ MOREABOUT THE BOOK In 1942, Birch Bai, a Chinese pilot, and Danny Hardy, a downed American pilot, become sworn brothers and best friends. In the summer of 1945, both airmen’s planes go down in Yunnan Province of China during one of many daring missions. They are captured, imprisoned, and tortured by the Japanese for information
READ MORE“Sworn brothers – One American, on Chinese – captured, imprisoned, tortured. Survival is just the beginning of the battle” (from the front cover). Danny Hardy and Birch Bai have taken an oath as brothers, they would each die for the other. They’ve been flying together and fighting the Japanese to defend China ever since Birch
READ MORESworn brothers—one American, one Chinese—captured, imprisoned, tortured. Survival is just the beginning of the battle… From Chungking to Yunnan, and from Taiwan to San Francisco, Will of a Tiger, the sequel to Wings of a Flying Tiger, takes readers along on an epic journey. Here is an exclusive excerpt from the novel by Iris Yang:
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