In 1942, Agnes Keith, a travel writer and her husband and 2yr old son are imprisoned for over three years in two Japanese prisoner of war camps. Agnes and her son George are in one camp, and her husband, Harry in another. The Commander of the prisoners of war requests that she, as a professional journalist, writes an account of life in a the camps. She does, but also writes a secret diary which she hid inside her son's toys. And this book is based on that diary.
In 1942, Agnes Keith, a travel writer and her husband and 2yr old son are imprisoned for over three years in two Japanese prisoner of war camps. Agnes and her son George are in one camp, and her husband, Harry in another. The Commander of the prisoners of war requests that she, as a professional journalist, writes an account of life in a the camps. She does, but also writes a secret diary which she hid inside her son's toys. And this book is based on that diary.