Barbed wire and cherry blossoms / Anita Heiss.
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TextPublisher: Cammeray, NSW : Simon & Schuster Australia, 2016Description: xxi, 264 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781925184846; 1925184846; 9781925184853; 1925184854Subject(s): Erambie Aboriginal Reserve (N.S.W.) -- Fiction | Erambie Aboriginal Reserve (N.S.W.) | Erambie Aboriginal Reserve (N.S.W.) -- Fiction | Prisoner-of-war escapes -- Australia -- Cowra (N.S.W.) -- Fiction | Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Fiction | Prisoners of war -- Australia -- Cowra (N.S.W.) -- Fiction | Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Australia -- Cowra (N.S.W.) -- Fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Romance fiction | Prisoner-of-war escapes | Prisoners of war | Romance fiction | Women, Aboriginal Australian | Religions - Christianity - Missions | Literature and stories - Fiction | Gender relations | Defence - World War II | Settlement and contacts - Japanese | Novel -- English -- Australia -- 21st century -- Texts | Man-woman relationships - Fiction | Australian fiction | Prisoners of war - New South Wales - Cowra - Fiction | Romance fiction, Australian | Australian fiction | Romance fiction | Man-woman relationships | Prisoner-of-war escapes -- New South Wales -- Cowra -- Fiction | Prisoners of war -- New South Wales -- Cowra -- Fiction | Women, Aboriginal Australian -- New South Wales -- Cowra -- Fiction | Japan | New South Wales -- Cowra | Erambie (Cowra, SW NSW SI55-08) | Cowra (SW NSW SI55-08) | AustralianGenre/Form: Romance fiction. | Fiction. | Romance fiction. | Australian fiction | Romance fiction | Love stories | Australian stories -- Adult fiction -- Print | Romance fiction | Love stories | Romance fiction. | Australian fiction DDC classification: 823/.92 | A823.3 LOC classification: PR9619.4.H345 | B37 2016Summary: 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?
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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?
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