TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heiss,Anita
TI  - Barbed wire and cherry blossoms
SN  - 9781925184853
U1  - 823.3 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Cammeray, NSW
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Erambie Aboriginal Reserve (N.S.W.)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Japan
KW  - New South Wales
KW  - Cowra
KW  - Women, Aboriginal Australian
KW  - Man-woman relationships
KW  - Romance fiction, Australian
KW  - Prisoner-of-war escapes
KW  - Australian fiction
KW  - Novel
KW  - English
KW  - Australia
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Texts
KW  - Romance fiction
KW  - Historical fiction
N1  - First published in Australia in 2016 by Simon & Schuster (Australia) Pty Limited
N2  - 5 August, 1944. Over 1000 Japanese soldiers break out of the No.12 Prisoner of War compound on the fringes of Cowra. In the carnage, hundreds are killed, many are recaptured, and some take their own lives rather than suffer the humiliation of ongoing defeat. But one soldier, Hiroshi, manages to escape. At nearby Erambie Station, an Aboriginal mission, Banjo Williams, father of five and proud man of his community, discovers Hiroshi, distraught and on the run. Unlike most of the townsfolk who dislike and distrust the Japanese, the people of Erambie choose compassion and offer Hiroshi refuge. Mary, Banjo's daughter, is intrigued by the softly spoken stranger, and charged with his care. For the community, life at Erambie is one of restriction and exclusion living under Acts of Protection and Assimilation, and always under the ruthless eye of the mission Manager. On top of wartime hardships, families live without basic rights. Love blossoms between Mary and Hiroshi, and they each dream of a future together. But how long can Hiroshi be hidden safely and their bond kept a secret?
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