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Sisters Under the Rising Sun

By: Heather Morris
Narrated by: Laura Carmichael
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The phenomenal new novel, based on a true story, from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey and Three Sisters.

1942. Singapore is falling to the Japanese Army. English musician Norah Chambers places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe. As the island burns, Australian nurse Nesta James joins the terrified cargo of people, including the heartbroken Norah, crammed aboard the HMS Vyner Brooke. After only two days at sea, the ship is bombarded and sunk.

Nesta and Norah reach the beaches of Indonesia only to be captured and held in one of the notorious Japanese POW camps, places of starvation and brutality. But even here joy can be found, in music, where Norah's 'voice orchestra' transports the internees from squalor into light. The friendships they build with the dozens of other women in the camps will give them the hope, strength and camaraderie they need in order to stay alive.

Sisters under the Rising Sun tells the story of women in war: a novel of sisterhood, bravery and resilience in the darkest of circumstances.

The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a #3 Sunday Times bestseller from 5 May 2024

©2023 Heather Morris (P)2023 Bonnier Books UK 20th Century Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Heartfelt Emotionally Gripping Inspiring Tear-jerking Thought-Provoking Survival War
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A book that grabs you from the beginning. A well written documentation of the wonderful army nurses and 2 sisters. The atrocities of war should always be remembered for those who gave their lives to help keep our country safe.

Wonderful characters

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I thought this book wasn't as captivating as her previous books, until I found my eyes welling up near the end. What a respectful telling of these brave women's stories. May they be known.

Another amazing read from Heather Morris

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I wasn’t keen on the writing style
I thought it was a little dull and some areas could have been explained more

A true story of female POW’s survival and endurance otherwise unknown to most

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Like some other reviews I was disappointed that this book wasn’t written with the detail, character clarity and more directional plot of Heather’s Auschwitz series. It felt like a bunch of short stories until the finals weeks where the story had more purpose

HOWEVER STILL A MUST READ… Heather again tells an amazing story that should never be lost. It is inspiring, sad, heartwarming and beautiful in what was an unimaginable time. I am a better human for learning about what these brave women and men have been through. Thank you Heather Morris

What a group of women!

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Sad, unbelievable, moving and so dramatic, I could hardly stop listening once I started.
As a nurse of many years my heart swells with pride at what these women did for others under the most extreme circumstances and conditions.

Fantastic telling of a need to know true story!I have listened in amazement at what these brave women were forced to endure.

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