{"product_id":"sister-bullwinkel-by-lynette-ramsay-silver-9781863515023","title":"Sister Bullwinkel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSister Bullwinkel\u003c\/em\u003e by Lynette Ramsay Silver tells the harrowing yet inspiring story of Vivian Bullwinkel. For 52 years, Vivian has put on a brave face to the world, ever since her release from a Japanese prison camp in Sumatra at the end of World War II. Her story is one she has recounted many times, a narrative of survival and censorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVivian was the sole survivor of a massacre of 21 nursing sisters and one civilian woman by Japanese troops on Radji Beach on Bangka Island. Her revelation to army investigators about the truth of what happened was censored, her testimony obliterated from the record. Despite her best efforts, Vivian was silenced from the outset by her own government and the Australian army, which ordered her to keep quiet—a command that, as a member of the military, she was obliged to obey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDesperate to speak out, Vivian believed that revealing the truth would free her from years of torment. Yet, she was thwarted by higher authorities, a succession of men who thought they knew better, effectively preventing her from breaking her silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLynette Ramsay Silver has uncovered what truly happened on Bangka Island. \"I refuse to stay silent, to be a party to any further cover-up. It is time to tell the real story of the life of this amazing Australian woman. Vivian wanted a voice. I am proud, finally, to be able to give it to her.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48244110917868,"sku":"9781863515023","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781863515023-sister-bullwinkel-1.jpg?v=1787993079","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/sister-bullwinkel-by-lynette-ramsay-silver-9781863515023","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}