Women in War

<h2><b>She must face the terror of war alone to survive'</b></h2><b>1939 - India</b><br> 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.<br> 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. <br> 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. <br> Amidst the horror she finds a friend in a Japanese American major caught up in the war whilst visiting his grandparents in Japan. <br> Much like her, he straddles two cultures and worlds. As their love deepens, boundaries are crossed and together they must unite to survive. <br> <b>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.</b><br><br> Previously published as 'East of India' by Erica Brown 9781837518456|mbaker|annotations|<h2><b>She must face the terror of war alone to survive'</b></h2><b>1939 - India</b><br> 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.<br> 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. <br> 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. <br> Amidst the horror she finds a friend in a Japanese American major caught up in the war whilst visiting his grandparents in Japan. <br> Much like her, he straddles two cultures and worlds. As their love deepens, boundaries are crossed and together they must unite to survive. <br> <b>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.</b><br><br> Previously published as 'East of India' by Erica Brown