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From Heather Morris, the New York Times bestselling author of the multi-million copy bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka's Journey: a story of family, courage, and resilience, inspired by a true story.

On February 14, 1942, the Vyner Brooke, a merchant ship carrying a desperate group of expats fleeing Singapore as it became clear that it would soon fall to the Japanese, was sunk by Japanese dive bombers. Nesta James was one of 65 Australian nurses on board; Norah and John Chambers among 150 civilians and military personnel.

Though many of the passengers drowned straight away, Nesta and Norah miraculously survived and reached the beaches of Bangka Island, then controlled by the Japanese. They were immediately taken as prisoners of war, and separated from the men. Norah was uncertain of John's fate.

For nearly four years, Norah and Nesta fought for survival as their fellow prisoners, friends and comrades, died. Moved from one camp to another, they finally settled in the notorious Camp Palembang, deep in the jungle of Sumatra. There, women and children battled disease, starvation, and unthinkable brutality meted out by the Japanese soldiers: less than half of the inmates in their camp lived to see the Japanese defeated. Yet these women found, in themselves and in each other, an extraordinary courage and resourcefulness.

This is a story of sisterhood: the unbreakable bonds women forge in the face of adversity. At the heart of Sisters Under the Rising Sun is the story of how the Second World War was fought and won by women the world over, in different ways, as much as it was by men.


About the Author: HEATHER MORRIS is a native of New Zealand, now resident in Australia. For several years, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, she studied and wrote screenplays, one of which was optioned by an Academy Award-winning screenwriter in the US. In 2003, Heather was introduced to an elderly gentleman who 'might just have a story worth telling'. The day she met Lale Sokolov changed both their lives. Their friendship grew and Lale embarked on a journey of self-scrutiny, entrusting the innermost details of his life during the Holocaust to her. Heather originally wrote Lale's story as a screenplay - which ranked high in international competitions - before reshaping it into her debut novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781250320551
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
  • Publisher Imprint: St. Martin's Press
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 416
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1250320550
  • Publisher Date: 24 Oct 2023
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 639 gr


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