Women in War by Lizzie Lane Hardback Book 9781837518449

She must face the terror of war alone to survive1939 IndiaWhen 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 partyHer 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 SingaporeWithin a year Singapore falls to the Japanese Martin is killed and Nadine becomes a prisoner of war imprisoned in Sumatra where her dancing skills dont go unnoticed by her captorsAmidst the horror she finds a friend in a Japanese American major caught up in the war whilst visiting his grandparents in JapanMuch like her he straddles two cultures and worlds As their love deepens boundaries are crossed and together they must unite to surviveDont miss this emotional and powerful saga about a womans determination to beat the odds perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies and Fiona ValpyPreviously published as East of India by Erica Brown