R.W.Bridge, M.B.E. President, the Association of British Civilian Internees, Far East Region  - ... a quite different read from the usual story of internment by Japan ... More

Modris Eksteins, author of the prize-winning Rites of Spring and Walking Since Daybreak: A Story of Eastern Europe, World War II and the Heart of Our Century, and Professor of History, University of Toronto - ... this bittersweet and beautifully crafted memoir .. stays with you long after you have turned the last page. ... More

Betty Jane Wylie, O.C. award-winning author of Beginnings: A Book for Widows, and past chair of the Writers’ Union of Canada - This is one memoir you have to read. ... More

H.F.Thompson (Canada), management consultant, reader - This book is very hard to put down ... a very satisfying conclusion .... More

Dr. Greg Leck (United States), author of Captives of Empire, The Japanese Internment of Allied Civilians in China 1941-1945 - Childhood's joys, wonders and ... fears ...against a backdrop of growing uncertainty and the upheaval of a world at war .... More

Fred Jones (United Kingdom), Shanghai internee - Thanks very much for writing the book. . in many ways it will be my childhood diary too .. it left me chasing through all the human emotions

Nicola Tyrer (United Kingdom), journalist – Thank you for having written such an excellent book ... More

Roberta Ward (Australia), daughter of Shanghai internee – Your book answers so many questions that my family and I have had our whole lives! ... More