| ISBN |
9780063212725 (hardback) |
| Author |
Hooper, Elise author. |
| Title |
Angels of the Pacific : a novel of World War II / Elise Hooper. |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Published |
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] |
| Physical description |
358, 16 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| General note |
"P.S. insights, interviews & more" included at end of book. |
| "Nurses, captives, unlikely sisters" -- dust jacket. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (page 9 at end of work). |
| Summary |
Inspired by the extraordinary true stories of World War II's American Army nurses famously known as the Angels of Bataan and the unsung contributions of Filipinas of the resistance, this novel transports us to a remarkable era of hope, bravery, perseverance, and ultimately--victory. The Philippines, 1941: when the Japanese Imperial Army invades, American Army nurse Tess Abbott and her band of nurses serve on the front lines until they are captured as prisoners of war and held behind the high stone walls of Manila's Santo Tomas Internment Camp. When the Japanese occupation of her beloved homeland commences, Flor Dalisay will be drawn into the underground network of resistance. As the war continues, Tess and Flor face danger, deprivation, and terror, leading them into a web of danger as they unexpectedly work together to save lives and win their freedom. |
| Subject |
United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Fiction |
| Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines) -- Fiction |
| Nurses -- Fiction |
| College students -- Philippines -- Fiction |
| Prisoners of war -- Philippines -- Fiction |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines -- Fiction |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese -- Fiction |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Philippines -- Fiction |
| War fiction |
| Historical fiction |
| Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction |
