Leonore's Suite: A Novel by Mary Beth Klee

"I went off to prison in a Cadillac." With those words, thirteen-year-and-a-half-year-old Lee Iserson leads readers on a surprising journey through thirty-seven months of captivity under the Japanese. A historical novel inspired by true events, this coming-of-age story shines a light on a little known saga of World War II: the imprisonment of nearly four thousand Allied civilians (mostly American, largely families) in Manila's Santo Tomas Internment Camp. Lee, her best friend Lulu, and their teen buddies journey to adulthood under dramatically adverse circumstances, enduring loss, cruelty, and starvation. Having lost her freedom and her father, Lee wonders: where is God in the darkness? did music have the power to heal?

Unknown Binding : 575 pages
ISBN-10 : 1734092009
ISBN-13 : 978-1734092004
Publisher : Clio Publishing (January 1, 2020)
Language: : English