When the Japanese invade and her husband goes missing, Gina flees with her daughter to the Zambales Mountains to avoid capture-or worse.ĭesperate for money, medicine, and guns, the resistance recruits Gina to join their underground army and smuggles her back to Manila. War has erupted in the Pacific, spelling danger for Gina Capelli Thorpe, an American expat living in Manila. ppAt Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.From the bestselling author of A Pledge of Silence comes a story of resistance, intrigue, and risking it all in the WWII Philippines.ĭecember 1941. There, for the next three years, while enduring brutality and starvation, her bravery, resourcefulness, and faith are tested and her life forever changed.
Captured by the invading Japanese, Margie ends up interned at Santa Tomas, an infamous prison camp.
Though rumors of war circulate, she feels safethe island is fortified, the airbases are ample, and the Filipino troops are well-trained./ppBut on December 8, 1941, her dream world shatters. pbi2014 Winner Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award General Fiction /p/b/ipWhen Margie Bauer joins the Army Nurse Corps in 1941, she is delighted to be assigned to Manilathe Pearl of the Orient. At once an epic tale of a nation at war and the deeply personal story of one woman's journey through hell, A Pledge of Silence vividly illustrates the sacrifices the Greatest Generation made for their country, and the price they continued to pay long after the war was over.
But on December 8, 1941, her dreamworld shatters. Though rumors of war circulate, she feels safe-the island is fortified, the airbases are ample, and the Filipino troops are well-trained.
2014 Winner-Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award-General Fiction When Margie Bauer joins the Army Nurse Corps in 1941, she is delighted to be assigned to Manila-the Pearl of the Orient.
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