$20.21
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
2 April 2024
Summary
An evocative retelling of the story of Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, through the eyes of fifteen-year-old Edith ‘Edie’ Kenneison.
Sister Bullwinkel enlisted in the Australian Army Nurse Service at the outbreak of World War II and was posted to Singapore. In February 1942, she and hundreds of others attempted to escape the advancing Japanese army through Indonesia, but was captured and held as a prisoner of war on Bangka Island. Vivian spent the next three years in captivity, working tirel…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760993726 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760993727 |
| Author: | Jenny Davis |
| Publisher: | Fremantle Press |
| Imprint: | Fremantle Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 2 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 202g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
‘Davis has created a character who is a worthy role model for younger readers and is a heartfelt tribute to the unsung heroism of women and nurses during wartime.’ Read NZ Te Pou Muramura
‘It is a particularly sensitive tale of women involved in an appalling, brutal war, but it is also [a tale] of their indomitable spirit when they had to endure more than three years of starvation, illness, disease and the declining health and even death of their nursing colleagues under the callous watch of an uncaring enemy.’ Colin Burgess, author of Sisters in Captivity
Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year (Shortlisted 2025)
About The Author
Jenny Davis
Jenny Davis was born in Surrey, England, and currently resides in Perth with her husband. She has enjoyed a forty-year career in theatre in Australia, appearing in many leading roles for all the major theatre companies in Perth. Jenny has also toured around Australia, New Zealand and Brazil. Inspired by the seniors in her life and her own children and grandchildren, she has worked to bring generations together.
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