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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.

1942. Singapore is falling to the Japanese Army. English musician Norah Chambers places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe. As the island burns, Australian nurse Nesta James joins the terrified cargo of people, including the heartbroken Norah, crammed aboard the HMS Vyner Brooke. After only two days at sea, the ship is bombarded and sunk.

Nesta and Norah reach the beaches of Indonesia only to be captured and held in one of the notorious Japanese POW camps, places of starvation and brutality. But even here joy can be found, in music, where Norah's 'voice orchestra' transports the internees from squalor into light. The friendships they build with the dozens of other women in the camps will give them the hope, strength and camaraderie they need in order to stay alive.

Sisters under the Rising Sun tells the story of women in war: a novel of sisterhood, bravery and resilience in the darkest of circumstances.

The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a #3 Sunday Times bestseller from 5 May 2024

©2023 Heather Morris (P)2023 Bonnier Books UK 20th Century Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Heartfelt Inspiring Tear-jerking Thought-Provoking Survival War
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I cry at the end of every book Heather has written. Why? In awe and wonder of the stories of courage and bravery, and because I do not want the stories to end. Thank you for telling us the story of these sisters.

Another incredible story from Heather Morris

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A remarkable story of survival, strength, sadness and hope.
A must.
Great narrative - very good accents.

Thank you - wonderfully told

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This must be my most recommended audiobook. I’ve told so many people about it. Superbly written and perfectly narrated (I will forget the odd pronunciation of commandant…) I even listened to the entire author’s note!

Wonderful book

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Very well written and narrated . The narrator was very good at all the diff accents . I do remember watching Tenco on the tv as a child , harrowing but wonderful to read / hear again the stories of all these very brave women ! 😓

Excellent but tragic as it actually happened

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Such a horrific chapter in humanity's story told from the position of those always overlooked, the women.

Stunning in both it's horror and it's beauty, from the use of voices in the stirring music to the inability to provide something now so abundant as a banana. Beautifully written, beautifully told.

Harrowing and Stunning

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