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Book Review of The Flamboya Tree

The Flamboya Tree
The Flamboya Tree
Author: Clara Kelly
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


After watching Ken Burns' PBS documentary about World War II, I wanted to learn more of civilian families who were imprisoned in the Pacific by the Japanese during the war. This book is a memoir of a woman who survived imprisonment on Java. To be honest, I was surprised when I read it. It is not a grueling account of war atrocities, but rather a very powerful story and I found it to be uplifting and fascinating.