cassiecat 's review for:

Sisters Under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris

4.75

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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🎧4.75⭐️

I had the audiobook read by Laura Carmichael known from Downton Abbey. She does a fabulous job with the narration. I was very impressed. 

I’ve read several other books by this author and thoroughly enjoyed them. They aren’t easy reading due to the subject matter, but very well written and capture the reader. 

As Singapore falls to the Japanese British families and Australian nurses are evacuated on a ship. The ship is sunk, the survivors end up in a Japanese POW camp. There are also Dutch women with them including nuns along with an American Mrs Hinch. It concentrates predominantly on the Australian nurses, particularly Nora and Nesta. 

It’s a story of the struggle for survival, showing their endurance, and unbroken spirit. The story is bleak and heart wrenching, the characters are so well portrayed  I had the utmost admiration for their enduring spirit and perseverance in the harshest of conditions, and the way the nurses tried to help the others. The women are very likeable and caring. I was rooting for them all to survive their internment. 

The ending was incredibly emotional.

Another great addition to the WW2 

stories from this author, an aspect I had known little of, only watching the tv drama Tenko. 

Listening to Nora’s vocal arrangement of Bolero was amazing! 

I highly recommend this book if WW2 books are for you. Especially the audiobook version for the brilliant narration.