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Author Cathy L. Patrenos

Current Release –  The Comfort Bearer

Cathy L Patrenos

Press Release – The Comfort Bearer

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PRESS RELEASE Soon Ja Survived to Tell Her Story, Now She Wants an Apology -Sutter Creek, CA – May 24, 2021 – Releasing May 24, Cathy Patrenos’ novel, “The Comfort Bearer,” is a tale steeped in history that dives into the harsh and undeniable lives of the...

An Interview With Cathy

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WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO TAKE ON THE DIFFICULT TOPIC OF COMFORT WOMEN, BRINGING AWARENESS TO JAPAN’S WAR CRIMES AND A TRAGIC TIME IN HISTORY? I initially began to form the concept of my novel, The Comfort Bearer after seeing a television news story about a lawsuit brought...

Harvard professor J. Mark Ramseyer sparked outrage

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Last month, Harvard professor J. Mark Ramseyer sparked outrage among fellow academics and campaigners after making unsubstantiated claims that women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military had chosen to work in the wartime brothels. Now he is facing a huge...

Inspiration for The Comfort Bearer

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I was both shocked and ashamed when I first learned of the existence of comfort women. Being an army brat who was born in Fukuoka, Japan where my father was stationed after the Korean War, I grew up with a fascination of Japan and its people and I was shocked upon...