Bamboo Heart
Thailand, 1943: Thomas Ellis is a prisoner-of-war on the Death Railway. In stifling heat he endures endless days of clearing jungle, breaking stone and lugging wood. London, 1986: Laura Ellis, a successful City lawyer, travels to Asia to retrace her father’ past and discover the truths he has refused to tell her including how he got his Bamboo Heart. Heart-wrenching history plus a daughter’s journey of discovery about her father and herself.
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Thailand, 1943: Thomas Ellis is a prisoner-of-war on the Death Railway. In stifling heat he endures endless days of clearing jungle, breaking stone and lugging wood. London, 1986: Laura Ellis, a successful City lawyer, travels to Asia to retrace her father’ past and discover the truths he has refused to tell her including how he got his Bamboo Heart. Heart-wrenching history plus a daughter’s journey of discovery about her father and herself.
Publisher: Monsoon Books
Paperback
2014
ISBN: 9789814423731
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