If Fish Had a Wishbone
Seiten
2026
Rowanvale Books (Verlag)
978-1-83584-088-7 (ISBN)
Rowanvale Books (Verlag)
978-1-83584-088-7 (ISBN)
If Fish Had a Wishbone is intended to both entertain and educate the reader about a point in history that many will be completely unaware of. It tells the story of some incredible feats of individual bravery and sacrifice from some very ordinary, but extraordinary women, doing an incredible job in the Pacific theatre during WW2.
The Pacific, 1942. Japanese forces are attacking Singapore.
After months of chaos, Australian Army nurse Lieutenant Vivian Bullwinkel and sixty-four colleagues find themselves ordered to abandon their hospitals and the wounded men in them. Singapore is lost, and their only hope of escape is aboard the SS Vyner Brooke and through the infamous strait known as Bomb Alley.
The ship lasts for two days before it is sunk by Japanese bombers.
Vivian and her best friend, Nancy Harris, are amongst the survivors who wash up on Radji Beach. There’s no food and precious little medical supplies, and they soon find they have little choice but to surrender themselves to the Japanese – whose soldiers are not known for their mercy.
Based on the true story of the nurses of the Vyner Brooke, If Fish Had a Wishbone is a gripping and powerful novel of friendship, courage and fortitude in the face of unimaginable terror. For readers of When We Had Wings and Angels of the Pacific.
The Pacific, 1942. Japanese forces are attacking Singapore.
After months of chaos, Australian Army nurse Lieutenant Vivian Bullwinkel and sixty-four colleagues find themselves ordered to abandon their hospitals and the wounded men in them. Singapore is lost, and their only hope of escape is aboard the SS Vyner Brooke and through the infamous strait known as Bomb Alley.
The ship lasts for two days before it is sunk by Japanese bombers.
Vivian and her best friend, Nancy Harris, are amongst the survivors who wash up on Radji Beach. There’s no food and precious little medical supplies, and they soon find they have little choice but to surrender themselves to the Japanese – whose soldiers are not known for their mercy.
Based on the true story of the nurses of the Vyner Brooke, If Fish Had a Wishbone is a gripping and powerful novel of friendship, courage and fortitude in the face of unimaginable terror. For readers of When We Had Wings and Angels of the Pacific.
Anthony Hogger was born in 1957 in Bethnal Green, London. He has been married to Jan for forty years and now lives in Almeria, Spain. A huge fan of reading and writing historical fiction, his first novel, Warrior King Legacy, the story of Vercingetorix’s war against the mighty Julius Caesar, gained excellent reviews on Amazon. If Fish Had a Wishbone is his second published work.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.01.2026 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Historische Romane |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-83584-088-4 / 1835840884 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-83584-088-7 / 9781835840887 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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