For Freedom
A wartime saga of bravery, compassion and love
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- 3,99 €
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Description de l’éditeur
For Freedom is a tangled and dramatic story of two couples in love and war, set in the Philippines during the World War II. The perfect read for fans of Margaret Leroy and Patricia Shaw.
'There's action and passion galore in Joy Chambers' For Freedom' - Australian Women's Weekly
December 1941.
The whole of South East Asia appears to be capitulating before the rising sun and four remarkable people are about to reassess their lives:
Lexi Robinson: the doctor with a secret from the past who escapes before Hong Kong is invaded, only to find herself still within the enemy net.
John Drayton Whitby: Australian army officer who focuses on the long, harrowing fight for freedom even whilst his mind clouds with suspicions about his wife.
Hank 'Trap' Trapperton: the West Point-trained American 'spy' who is John Drayton's trusted friend and yet not really his friend at all.
And Kathleen Leigh: the woman brought up to believe a lie until the day comes when she must confront the appalling truth.
What people are saying about For Freedom:
'A wonderful author and a wonderful book'
'Joy Chambers is up there with the very best authors and meticulously researches her book subjects'
'For Freedom is something else. It is informative, educational, entertaining and totally engrossing'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This ambitious, complicated saga from Australian author Chambers explores love, loss and freedom against the backdrop of WWII in Southeast Asia. British doctor Lexi Robinson and her Australian soldier husband, John Drayton Whitby, cling to an old way of life in 1940s Hong Kong as the Japanese threaten to invade. Lexi's unexpected run-in with an American spy rekindles the passion they shared long ago; Lexi's childhood friend Kathleen discovers a devastating secret about her own past; and John begins to understand himself and his feelings. But the dramatic depictions of war-torn locales and the author's impressive research fail to rescue the story from lackluster characters and absurd twists of fate.
