The Bird in the Bamboo Cage

Shortlisted for the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction Book of the Year!War imprisoned them. Friendship set them free.'Moving and authentic' Dinah Jefferies 'Vivid, heart-rending and so, so beautiful ' Jenny Ashcroft

About the author

Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning, New York Times, USA Today, and Irish Times, bestselling author of historical fiction, including her debut THE GIRL WHO CAME HOME, for which she received the 2015 RNA Historical Novel of the Year award. THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S DAUGHTER was shortlisted for the 2019 HWA Gold Crown award. She is published in thirteen languages and nineteen countries. Originally from Yorkshire, Hazel lives in Ireland with her family.

Summary

Inspired by true events…

‘Moving and authentic’ Dinah Jefferies
‘Vivid, heart-rending and so, so beautiful’ Jenny Ashcroft
'A beautiful, tender and fascinating story' Sinead Moriarty
‘Deeply moving. Be prepared – have handkerchiefs on standby at the end’ Antonia Senior, The Times
‘An inspiring novel about the power of determination, courage and unity’Woman’s Own
China, 1941. With Japan’s declaration of war on the Allies, Elspeth Kent’s future changes forever. When soldiers take control of the missionary school where she teaches, comfortable security is replaced by rationing, uncertainty and fear.
Ten-year-old Nancy Plummer has always felt safe at Chefoo School. Now the enemy, separated indefinitely from anxious parents, the children must turn to their teachers – to Miss Keny and her new Girl Guide patrol especially – for help. But worse is to come when the pupils and teachers are sent to a distant internment camp. Unimaginable hardship, impossible choices and danger lie ahead.
Inspired by true events, this is the unforgettable story of the life-changing bonds formed between a young girl and her teacher, in a remote corner of a terrible war.
Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards for Popular Fiction Book of the Year
USA Today bestseller
Published in the USA and Canada under the title When We Were Young and Brave.

Foreword

inspired by true events, the bestselling new WW2 historical novel of courage and friendship in a prison camp

Product details

• Authors: Hazel Gaynor, Gaynor Hazel
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780008393649
• ISBN: 978-0-00-839364-9
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Historical novels and narratives; Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, Historical adventure, Seasonal interest: Summer, Historical adventure fiction, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / World War II