Sisters Under the Rising Sun is a novel based on a true story of women at war and the friendship and sisterhood that changed the generation that came after them.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 04 July 2024
Publisher: Zaffre

A Richard and Judy summer book club pick

One of the books of the decade

- Richard Madeley

The phenomenal new novel,

based on a true story,

from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Cilka's Journey

and

Three Sisters

Singapore is burning. It is February 1942,

and the

Vyner Brooke

is sailing out of the harbour and to safety. On deck is an English musician,

Norah Chambers,

who gazes over the besieged city as the beautiful voices of the Australian nurses on board sing

Waltzing Matilda.

One of these nurses is Nesta James,

a pint-sized rocket of a woman,

who quells her fears by caring for the frightened people on board.

But danger lies ahead. When Nesta and Norah meet at a female prisoner-of-war camp,

they must find strength and resilience they never knew they had.

Can they work together to survive against all odds,

and find hope in the darkest of days?

Sisters under the Rising Sun

tells the inspiring true story of women at war

and of the friendship and sisterhood that changed the generation that came after them.

Weight: 272g
Dimension: 160 x 671 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786582256