Tenses changed throughout the book, even mid-paragraph, and I didn't realize until the end of the book that this was probably because Keith at times interjects word for word from her journals. I couldn't catch on to the author's occasional sarcasm in her attempt to inject some lightness into oppressive scenes. The beginning of the book read clunky for me. Surprised, I discovered instead a true journalistic account of a mother's three year imprisonment, along with her husband and toddler in a Japanese POW camp on Borneo. I picked this up expecting a quick read - a little drama, a little mystery, a little diversion. They were all old, mostly first-edition hardbacks of young adult novels and mysteries. My husband surprised me one Christmas with a set of books sold by the case from Little Brown Publishing, probably clearing out their warehouse. Surprised, I discovered instead a true journalistic account of a mother's three year imprisonment, along with her husband and toddler in a I stumbled upon this accidentally.
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