Three Came Home Author:Agnes Newton Keith A true story of courage about an Anglo-American family trapped for three and a half years in Japanese POW and civilian internee camps in North Borneo and Sarawak, It describes Keith's life in North Borneo in the period immediately before the Japanese invasion in 1942, and her subsequent internment and suffering, separated from her husband Ha... more »rry, and with a young son to care for. The book was made into a film of the same name in 1950.
"I have written this book for three reasons: For horror of war. I want others to shudder with me at it. For affection for my husband. When war nearly killed me, knowledge of our love kept me alive. And for a reminder to my son. I fought one war for him in prison camp. He survives because of me. He belongs now to peace. I remind him that it is better to give more and to have less -- and to keep the peace -- than to fight." --Agnew Newton Keith« less