Spirit house / Mark Dapin.
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TextPublication details: Sydney, N.S.W. : Macmillan, 2011Description: 356 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781405040181Subject(s): Changi POW Camp (Changi, Singapore) -- Fiction | Burma-Siam Railroad -- Fiction | Grandparent and child -- Australia -- FictionDDC classification: A823.4 Summary: Long ago, Jimmy Reubens was a POW on the Thai-Burma Railway. For more than four decades, he has staved off the ghosts of his past by drinking too much, outstaying his welcome at his local RSL, and bickering with his three closest mates. But the past won't stay buried forever. When his thirteen-year-old grandson comes to stay after his parents marriage breaks up, Jimmy has a chance to finally begin to lay his ghosts to rest, but first he has to tell their stories.
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Long ago, Jimmy Reubens was a POW on the Thai-Burma Railway. For more than four decades, he has staved off the ghosts of his past by drinking too much, outstaying his welcome at his local RSL, and bickering with his three closest mates. But the past won't stay buried forever. When his thirteen-year-old grandson comes to stay after his parents marriage breaks up, Jimmy has a chance to finally begin to lay his ghosts to rest, but first he has to tell their stories.
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