In April 1943, fifteen-year-old Maria Rosa Henson was taken by Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines and forced into prostitution as a "comfort woman." In this simply told yet powerfully moving autobiography, Rosa recalls her childhood as the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy landowner, her work for Huk guerrillas, her wartime ordeal, and her marriage to a rebel leader who left her to raise their children alone. Her triumph against all odds is embodied by her decision to go public with the secret she had held close for fifty years.
- ISBN10 0847691497
- ISBN13 9780847691494
- Publish Date 18 March 1999 (first published 1 January 1999)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 28 September 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 116
- Language English