Based on a real historic event, the author has embellished the tale, changing some of the locations and adding characters to create a narrative about prisoners of war during WWII, but the tale concentrates largely on the escape the Japanese prisoners planned and carried out in Australia. Using facts...
bookshelves: published-2013, spring-2015, historical-fiction, wwii, japan, australia, abandoned, prisoner, bettie-s-law-of-excitement-lost, drier-than-a-dry-thing, snoozefest, tragedy Read from April 18 to 21, 2015 Read by Paul English and Heather BoltonDescription: Based on true events, this ...
A very intriguing read about a WWII POW camp in Australia. One of those ones you read once, find yourself amazed so you read it again and you uncover more layers... highly recommend. Received a copy via NetGalley for an honest review.