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Morning Comes and Also the Night: A Story of Courage and Survival in Japanese Internment Camps of North Sumatra

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#314038-VD17
Titel	Morning Comes and Also the Night: A Story of Courage and Survival in Japanese Internment Camps of North Sumatra
Auteur	Jongbloed, Marijcke
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Kenilworth : Mosaïque Press
Jaar van uitgave	2010
ISBN10	1906852030
ISBN13	9781906852030
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, some b/w illustrations, 8vo.
Samenvatting	The chance discovery of a cache of letters rekindled Marijcke Jongbloed's lifelong fascination with the circumstances of her birth and her parents' wartime experiences in the Far East. The letters were written in captivity by her father and smuggled through Japanese controls to her mother in a different internment camp in Indonesia. Sixty-five years later, they form the basis of a fascinating and moving insight into survival under the cruel conditions of a distant and frequently ignored part of the Second World War. The author has had a varied career as a medical doctor, writer, amateur biologist and champion of wildlife conservation. She grew up in Indonesia and Holland and worked in both countries before taking up an appointment as a family doctor in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The... (Lees verder)re her passion for natural history found its outlet in writing. She became an advocate for the protection and conservation of wildlife. Her work for the environment in the UAE was recognised with civil honours in both the UAE and Holland. She now lives in France.
Pagina's	266
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 6,00

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