The Other Side Of Paradise Mayhew, Margaret

Singapore, 1941. The British colony is a glittering paradise of cocktail parties and tennis clubs — until the Japanese army arrives. Susan Roper, a young Englishwoman married to a colonial officer, watches her comfortable world collapse in a matter of days. When Singapore falls, she's separated from her husband and thrown into a brutal internment camp with her infant son. What follows is a story of survival that has nothing to do with stiff upper lips and everything to do with hunger, fear, and the fierce bonds women form when everything else is stripped away. Margaret Mayhew writes with unflinching clarity about the war the history books often gloss over — the one fought by women and children in prison camps across the Pacific. For readers who loved The Narrow Road to the Deep North or anyone drawn to WWII stories that don't take place in Europe.