In the spring of 1940, Elsa Jones finds herself lonely and homesick in a changing Hong Kong as war threatens. Bomb shelters spring up and soldiers appear on the streets. When Hong Kong falls to the Japanese, Elsa and her husband Tommy are captured and interned in a makeshift camp on the southern side of the island, where, along with the rest of the colonial elite, they struggle to survive in hostile surroundings. Several years later, they return to Wales with their six-year-old daughter Mari, who has only ever known life in the camp. A story of war told from the edges, this book interweaves four separate accounts—Elsa, her Chinese servant Lin, Tommy, and Mari—to relate the intimate havoc wrought by military conflict on individual lives.

The Rice Paper Diaries

Literature & Fiction

Rhydderch, Francesca

Genre Fiction

Seren

<p>Whatever happened to British protest? For a nation that brought the world Chartism, the Suffragettes, the Tolpuddle Martyrs, and so many other grassroots social movements, Britain rarely celebrates its long, great tradition of people power. In this timely and evocative collection, twenty authors have assembled to re-imagine key moments of British protest, from the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 to the anti-Iraq War demo of 2003. Written in close consultation with historians, sociologists and eyewitnesses – who also contribute afterwords – these stories follow fictional characters caught up in real-life struggles, offering a streetlevel perspective on the noble art of resistance. In the age of fake news and post-truth politics this book fights fiction with (well researched, historically accurate) fiction.</p>

Protest!: Stories of Resistance

Clanchy, Kate

Maitland, Sara

CONSTANTINE, David

Bedford, Martyn

Ross, Jacob

Evers, Stuart

GEE, Maggie

Alland, Sandra

Cottrell-Boyce, Frank

De Waal, Kit

QUINN, Joanna

Cernow, Sean

Comma Press

Protest: Stories of Resistance

Green, Michelle

Jacques, Juliet

Hird, Laura

Newland, Courttia

Hedgecock, Andy

Holness, Matthew

Pester, Holly

Sayle, Alexei

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