Private Bill

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Publisher Place: Carlton
Publisher Year: 2014
Edition: First Edition

Description: 192 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Barrie Cassidys dad Bill survived more than four years as a prisoner of war in World War II. He first saw conflict on Crete in May 1941, during the only large-scale parachute invasion in wartime history. Just four days later, Bill was wounded and eventually captured. Twice he tried to escape his internmentwith horrific consequences. He suffered greatly but found courageous support from his fellow prisoners. His new wife Myra and his large family thought he was dead until news of his capture finally reached them. Back home, Myra too was a prisoner of sorts, with her own secrets. Then, fifty years after the war, unhealed wounds unexpectedly opened for Bill and Myra, testing them once again. Private Billis a classic heart-warming storyas told by their sonof how a loving couple prevailed over the adversities of war to live an extraordinarily ordinary, happy life.

ISBN: 9780522866131