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A review by strawberrymivvy
Sisters Under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Only very rarely do books make me cry, but this one did - as we might expect from this author.
Other than vague memories of watching Tenko as a kid, I know very little about this part of WWII history and how women and children came to be in POW camps.
Nesta is a young Australian nurse, Norah a young mum fleeing Malaya then Singapore with her family. The ship they are sailing on is bombed and sinks, leaving all the passengers to their fate. Many died in the water, but Nesta, Norah and others made it to Indonesia where they were imprisoned in a series of camps.
This true story is heartbreaking in so many ways, but as so often in these cases also incredibly uplifting as we learn about the little kindnesses, the love and compassion shown to each other, and the joy brought by music into the camp.
Other than vague memories of watching Tenko as a kid, I know very little about this part of WWII history and how women and children came to be in POW camps.
Nesta is a young Australian nurse, Norah a young mum fleeing Malaya then Singapore with her family. The ship they are sailing on is bombed and sinks, leaving all the passengers to their fate. Many died in the water, but Nesta, Norah and others made it to Indonesia where they were imprisoned in a series of camps.
This true story is heartbreaking in so many ways, but as so often in these cases also incredibly uplifting as we learn about the little kindnesses, the love and compassion shown to each other, and the joy brought by music into the camp.