TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heiss,Anita
TI  - Barbed wire and cherry blossoms
SN  - 9781925184846
AV  - PR9619.4.H345 B37 2016
U1  - 823/.92A823.3 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Cammeray, NSW
PB  - Simon & Schuster Australia
KW  - Erambie Aboriginal Reserve (N.S.W.)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Prisoner-of-war escapes
KW  - Australia
KW  - Cowra (N.S.W.)
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Japan
KW  - Women, Aboriginal Australian
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - fast
KW  - Religions - Christianity - Missions
KW  - aiatsiss
KW  - Literature and stories - Fiction
KW  - Gender relations
KW  - Defence - World War II
KW  - Settlement and contacts - Japanese
KW  - Novel
KW  - English
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Texts
KW  - Man-woman relationships - Fiction
KW  - Australian fiction
KW  - Prisoners of war - New South Wales - Cowra - Fiction
KW  - Romance fiction, Australian
KW  - New South Wales
KW  - Cowra
KW  - Erambie (Cowra, SW NSW SI55-08)
KW  - aiatsisp
KW  - Cowra (SW NSW SI55-08)
KW  - Australian
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Love stories
KW  - Australian stories
KW  - Adult fiction
KW  - Print
KW  - gsafd
N1  - Tertiary/Undergraduate; General
N2  - Over 1000 Japanese soldiers break out of the No. 12 Prisoner of War compound on the fringes of Cowra. In the carnage, hundreds are killed, many are recaptured, and some take their own lives rather than suffer the humiliation of ongoing defeat. But one soldier, Hiroshi, manages to escape. At nearby Erambie Station, an Aboriginal mission, Banjo Williams, father of five and proud man of his community, discovers Hiroshi, distraught and on the run. Unlike most of the townsfolk who dislike and distrust the Japanese, the people of Erambie choose compassion and offer Hiroshi refuge. Mary, Banjo's daughter, is intrigued by the softly spoken stranger, and charged with his care. For the community, life at Erambie is one of restriction and exclusion living under Acts of Protection and Assimilation, and always under the ruthless eye of the mission Manager. On top of wartime hardships, families live without basic rights. Love blossoms between Mary and Hiroshi, and they each dream of a future together. But how long can Hiroshi be hidden safely and their bond kept a secret?
ER  -