The Promise of Rain
by Donna Milner | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1847249523 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1847249523 Global Overview for this book
Registered by awaywithfairies of Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on 3/26/2017
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Journal Entry 1 by awaywithfairies from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, March 26, 2017
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My mother died the same day as Marilyn Monroe. August 4th, 1962. Mom's death would force my father to 'return' to our family. Even though he came home every night, a large part of my dad was not really there.
Ethie Coulter was born after her father Howard returned from the war in 1945. She never knew him as he was before, never knew that he had been an open, loving man and a devoted husband. When his wife dies in bizarre circumstances, Howard must take on the burden of looking after eleven-year-old Ethie and her two older brothers. Why, Ethie wonders, is he so silent and withdrawn? She can't help noticing that his breath often carries the smell of alcohol.
Howard was one of hundreds of Canadian soldiers sent to the Far East following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. Surviving the fierce battle for Hong Kong, he became a POW, moving from camp to notorious camp, watching his friends die of disease, starvation and worse.
Yet Howard carries more than the physical and mental scars inflicted by his captors. Something happened in Hong Kong, a secret that he has carried for nearly two decades. Ethie, inquisitive and fearless, will be the one to work her way towards the truth and help her father come to terms with the past.
Bought at the Penrith City Library book sale.
My mother died the same day as Marilyn Monroe. August 4th, 1962. Mom's death would force my father to 'return' to our family. Even though he came home every night, a large part of my dad was not really there.
Ethie Coulter was born after her father Howard returned from the war in 1945. She never knew him as he was before, never knew that he had been an open, loving man and a devoted husband. When his wife dies in bizarre circumstances, Howard must take on the burden of looking after eleven-year-old Ethie and her two older brothers. Why, Ethie wonders, is he so silent and withdrawn? She can't help noticing that his breath often carries the smell of alcohol.
Howard was one of hundreds of Canadian soldiers sent to the Far East following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. Surviving the fierce battle for Hong Kong, he became a POW, moving from camp to notorious camp, watching his friends die of disease, starvation and worse.
Yet Howard carries more than the physical and mental scars inflicted by his captors. Something happened in Hong Kong, a secret that he has carried for nearly two decades. Ethie, inquisitive and fearless, will be the one to work her way towards the truth and help her father come to terms with the past.
Bought at the Penrith City Library book sale.
Journal Entry 2 by awaywithfairies at Little Free Library, Station St in Menangle, New South Wales Australia on Monday, March 27, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (3/27/2017 UTC) at Little Free Library, Station St in Menangle, New South Wales Australia
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Left at the Little Free Library.
Release #10 for the 2017 4 Elements Challenge.
Release #37 for the 2017 Oh the Places We Can Go Challenge.
Release #10 for the 2017 4 Elements Challenge.
Release #37 for the 2017 Oh the Places We Can Go Challenge.
In Little Free Library, Menangle