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Sisters under the rising sun
- Title
- Sisters under the rising sun / Heather Morris.
- Author
- Morris, Heather (Screenwriter)
- Publication
- New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2023.
- ©2023
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 23-3432 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 391 pages : illustrations, music; 25 cm
- Summary
- "In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again. Sister Nesta James, a Welsh Australian nurse, has enlisted to tend to Allied troops. But as Singapore falls to the Japanese she joins the terrified cargo of people, including the heartbroken Norah, crammed aboard the Vyner Brooke merchant ship. Only two days later, they are bombarded from the air off the coast of Indonesia, and in a matter of hours, the Vyner Brooke lies broken on the seabed. After surviving a brutal 24 hours in the sea, Nesta and Norah reach the beaches of a remote island, only to be captured by the Japanese and held in one of their notorious POW camps. The camps are places of starvation and brutality, where disease runs rampant. Sisters in arms, Norah and Nesta fight side by side every day, helping whoever they can, and discovering in themselves and each other extraordinary reserves of courage, resourcefulness and determination"-- Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Chambers, Norah > Fiction
- James, Nesta, Sister > Fiction
- Chambers, Norah
- 1939-1945
- Musicians > Fiction
- Women musicians > Fiction
- Nurses > Australia > Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 > Evacuation of civilians > Malaysia > Malaya > Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 > Singapore > Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, Japanese > Fiction
- Prisoners of war > Fiction
- Prisoner-of-war camps > Indonesia > Fiction
- Female friendship > Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Historical fiction
- War stories
- Friendships
- Homosociality
- Women's friendships
- Musicians
- Women musicians
- Nurses
- Women
- Evacuation of civilians
- Prisoners of war
- Prisoner-of-war camps
- Female friendship
- Singapore > Fiction
- Singapore
- Australia
- Malaya
- Indonesia
- Genre/Form
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Novels.
- Biographical fiction.
- War fiction.
- Note
- Originally published: London : Zaffre, 2023.
- "Based mainly upon the real-life experiences of Australian nurse Sister Nesta James and English musician Norah Chambers"--Author's website.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- JFE 23-3432
- ISBN
- 9781250320551
- 1250320550
- LCCN
- 2023028577
- OCLC
- 1384450944
- Author
- Morris, Heather (Screenwriter), author.
- Title
- Sisters under the rising sun / Heather Morris.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2023.
- Copyright Date
- ©2023
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Chronological Term
- 1939-1945
- Research Call Number
- JFE 23-3432