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Women in War

By: Lizzie Lane
Narrated by: Lucy Scott
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She must face the terror of war alone to survive...

1939 - India

When headstrong Nadine Burton learns that the woman, she thought was her Indian Ayah was in fact her mother, she rebels against her father in a flamboyant display of disrespect and dares to dance with her two local best friends at a public party.

Her father, local official, Roland Frederick Burton is furious. He arranges for her to be exiled from India and married off to Australian Martin McPherson, owner of a rubber plantation north of Singapore.

Within a year Singapore falls to the Japanese. Martin is killed and Nadine becomes a prisoner of war, imprisoned in Sumatra, where her dancing skills don’t go unnoticed by her captors.

Amidst the horror she finds a friend in a Japanese American major caught up in the war whilst visiting his grandparents in Japan.

Much like her, he straddles two cultures and worlds. As their love deepens, boundaries are crossed and together they must unite to survive.

Don't miss this emotional and powerful saga about a woman's determination to beat the odds, perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies and Fiona Valpy.

Previously published as East of India by Erica Brown.

©2023 Lizzie Lane (P)2023 Boldwood Books Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Multicultural War & Military World Literature War Singapore
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finished this audiobook in under a week! the writing, the narration, kept me on the tips of my toes. The disbelief, the anguish that the characters felt were emoted perfectly. a must recommend indeed.

absolutely excellent!

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I could not stop listening and finished the book in 3 days. It’s a sad part of our history. Beautifully told and the narrator Lucy Scott has told the story perfectly in her lovely voice.

A lovely and sad story

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This epic tale is worlds away from the author's usual setting in England and it doesn't disappoint at all. It tells of a fascinating, often devastating, insight into what so many endured during WWII on the other side of the world. The characters are incredible and make you care deeply for them. A real triumph.

Yet another fabulous story from Lizzie Lane

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loved it all. story & narration. fab. another great work by Lizzie Lane. keep up the great work.

the reality of how these people coped in concentration camps. we have no idea

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This is a very moving and sad book,and read with feeling ,I couldn’t put it down,

Great

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