She’s risked everything to take a stand, but her club is a house of cards in the eye of a storm. Can Gina keep this delicate operation running long enough to outlast the enemy, or is she on a sure path to defeat that will put her family, her freedom, or even her life at risk?īut operating undercover in the spotlight has Gina struggling to stay a step ahead of the Japanese. There, she forges a new identity and opens a nightclub, where seductive beauties sing, dance, and tease secrets out of high-ranking Japanese officers while the wildly successful club and its enemy patrons help fund the resistance.īut operating undercover in the spotlight has Gina struggling to stay a step ahead of the Japanese. When the Japanese invade and her husband goes missing, Gina flees with her daughter to the Zambales Mountains to avoid capture-or worse.ĭesperate for money, medicine, and guns, the resistance recruits Gina to join their underground army and smuggles her back to Manila. War has erupted in the Pacific, spelling danger for Gina Capelli Thorpe, an American expat living in Manila. Solomon Narrated by: Kate Rudd Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins Release date: 02-24-15 Language: English 723 ratings Regular price: 26.17 Sample Along the Broken Bay By: Flora J. If you have liked the subject novel, then you will definitely like the recommended novel as well.From the bestselling author of A Pledge of Silence comes a story of resistance, intrigue, and risking it all in the WWII Philippines.ĭecember 1941. In short, her life changed altogether.Īnother quality novel on historical fiction, which is written by Flora J. She spent three years there, where her bravery, courage and resourcefulness was thoroughly tested, while she also endured starvation and brutality in all that time. She ended up in a very infamous prison, Santa Tomas. She got captured in Manila by the invading forces of Japan. However on 8 th December 1941, the dream world of Margie got completely shattered all of a sudden. On top of that, all the Filipino troops were well-equipped and well-trained as well.
The entire island there is fortified and the airbases there were substantial too. Solomon, Feb 24, 2015, Lake Union Publishing edition, paperback A Pledge of Silence (edition) Open Library It looks like you're offline.
There were many rumors of war ongoing, but she was feeling completely secure and safe.
At the time when Margie Bauer in 1941 joins the Army Nurse Corps, she was extremely overwhelmed to be deployed to Manila, which is considered as the Pearl of the Orient.
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