{"product_id":"sister-viv","title":"Sister Viv","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780733343292\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2024\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe inspiring story of the nursing hero who survived a wartime massacre and dedicated her life to saving others - from the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eFlinders\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Remarkable Mrs Reibey\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHudson Fysh\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBanjo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBangka Island, 1942:\u003c\/em\u003e Australian Army nurse Vivian Bullwinkel was just twenty-six when Japanese soldiers marched her and her fellow nurses into the shallow waters of a remote beach to be executed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiraculously, Vivian would be the lone survivor - and she committed the rest of her long life to an exceptional peacetime career which she lived in tribute to her lost friends. The Lieutenant-Colonel would also be the first woman to be honoured with a statue at the Australian War Memorial for her extraordinary bravery and service - a country girl who become one of the highest ranking women in the Australian army, and who spent her life caring for others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Vivian started work at a local hospital and joined the Australian Army Nursing Service in World War II. When the Japanese attacked Singapore in 1942, she and sixty-four other nurses were ordered to evacuate, but soon their ship was bombed by enemy aircraft. Some of the women drowned, but Viv made it to Radji Beach on Bangka Island, off Sumatra, with twenty-one of her nursing colleagues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere Japanese soldiers forced the women to wade back into the sea, and as Vivian felt a bullet slam into her back, she fell face down into the water then waited to die as the soldiers bayonetted survivors. Somehow Vivian lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the next thr\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS PUB","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41505475461253,"sku":"PR406077","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNY69PEZ1B6W.jpg?v=1769580401","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/sister-viv","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}