| Description |
302 pages ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
At Bangka Island, Indonesia, during the Second World War, Japanese soldiers ordered three Australian women to wade into the sea, where they were gunned down. There were thought to be no survivors.After two weeks of living in the jungle, Viven Carmichael gives herself up and is interned in a POW camp for the remainder of the war. In the camp a friendship develops between her and Martin, a Dutch boy. They share a love of art, and Vivien teaches him to draw.Several years later, Martin visits Vivien on his way to America where he hopes to settle. Vivien is now living alone by the remote but compelling Shallow Inlet. For Vivien, the reunion awakens painful memories |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Indonesia -- Fiction.
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Nurses -- Fiction.
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Prisoners of war -- Indonesia -- Fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical fiction.
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| ISBN |
033036376X : |
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