At the foot of the cherry tree [Large Print Ed.]
Parker, Alli2023
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Click and Collect for At the foot of the cherry tree [Large Print Ed.]Gordon Parker is just an eager eighteen-year-old Australian boy desperate to fight for his country, and Nobuko 'Cherry' Sakuramoto is a sixteen-year-old girl struggling to survive in Japan in the aftermath of World War II. But when they fall in love, they change the course of history. When Gordon arrives in Japan, he expects ruthless samurai, angry Japanese men ready to kill Australians at every corner. Instead, he finds Cherry, terrified of ex-enemy soldiers, a 16-year-old survivor of the atomic bomb. Against all the rules and against all odds, they fall in love. But when Gordon discovers the White Australia Policy prevents Cherry coming home with him as his war bride, Gordon does what any 20-year-old soldier would do. He vows to fight. Leaving Cherry alone and pregnant in post-war Japan, Gordon somehow has to convince his family to accept his marriage and wage a desperate campaign against a xenophobic and war-scarred government to allow his wife and his family to come home. A story spanning seven years and two countries reeling from the aftermath of war, At the Foot of the Cherry Tree is a sweeping and moving novel about faith, trust, and the power of a love that alters history - written by Gordon and Cherry's granddaughter, accomplished scriptwriter, Alli Parker.
Main title:
At the foot of the cherry tree [Large Print Ed.] / Alli Parker.
Author:
Parker, Alli, author
Edition:
Large print edition.
Imprint:
[Strawberry Hills, NSW] : ReadHowYouWant, [2023]©2023.
Collation:
iv, 464 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Copyright page from the original book.Optimized reading formats.Set in 16 point Verdana.
ISBN:
9781038759115 (hardback)
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
Easy to read materialsWar brides -- FictionAustralians -- Japan -- FictionMan-woman relationships -- FictionWhite Australia policy -- FictionInterracial marriage -- FictionAustralian fictionLarge type booksAustralia -- History -- 1945-1965 -- FictionJapan -- History -- 1945-1989 -- FictionLarge type booksLarge print books
BRN:
553534
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham Library | Large Print | LP PARK | Onloan - Due: 08 Oct 2024 |
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