Cecilia Goynes Brodbeck

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Freedom Disrupted (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

Freedom Disrupted is the story of a typical boy crazy teenager, Lillian Goynes, whose fathers connections at a U. S. Navy base in the Philippine Islands during the 1920s and 30s offered her a near-blissful life until the Japanese invasion transformed her world. One day after Pearl Harbor, her existence exploded into bloody destruction. After narrowly escaping death, she and her family witnessed enemy invasion as the Imperial Japanese Army marched into Manila. Then, Japanese soldiers ordered them to gather food and clothing for three days before herding them, along with 3000 other civilians, into a makeshift concentration camp, the University of Santo Toms. For over three years, these captives had to confront challenges of incarcerationloss of freedom, constant fear of death, deprivation and starvation. Using ingenuity, indomitable spirit and trust in God, many survived until the heroic United States First Calvary rescued them. Ironically, danger persisted, for once the Japanese had abandoned the camp, they bombarded it. Robbed of her coming of age years, Lillian made the most of her newly acquired freedom when she arrived in the vibrant, free-spirited city of San Francisco. After recuperating, she and her family traveled to Texas, where her dreams became reality.

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• Größe: 0.92MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Born in Alice, Texas, in 1947, Cecilia Goynes Brodbeck, daughter of the woman on which the book is based, earned a B.A. in English and history at Southwest Texas State University, now known as Texas State. A retired teacher with thirty six years in the Texas Education System, she taught various levels of English, including Advanced Placement courses with writing as a main component of the syllabus. She credits the New Jersey Writing Clinic as a major influence in her writing. Having heard numerous versions and read many letters and accounts from her mother, uncles, aunt and grandfather, she decided to tell their story through the eyes of her mother, adding details researched from various sources and creating dialog from her intuition and mother's personal letters. She volunteers as a writing lab instructor at a local private school, providing more opportunities for 6, 7 and 8th graders to express themselves in written form and enjoys reading and writing in her spare time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Xlibris US
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781503577589
• Artikelnr.: 52574516