- Paperback: 317 pages
- Publisher: Opus Publications, Sabah (2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 9833987281
- ISBN-13: 978-9833987283
- Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,206,941 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a touching sequel to the first book, Land Below the Wind, where Keith wrote of her early impressions and experiences in Borneo. Three Came Home is as different as war is to peace. It recounts the internment of Agnes Keith and her son as prisoners-of-war during the Japanese Occupation of Borneo. It is an unforgettable journey of the human heart as the book weaves through periods of emotional despair, hatred, desperation, resignation, and finally, mere documentation of a war that changed the lives of thousands who lived through it. This story was written on pieces of paper stored in secret hiding places and assembled when Borneo was finally liberated. The end of the war did not bring the end of her relationship with Borneo. She returned and much later published White Man Returns, the concluding part of a trilogy on her life on this island.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I have just returned from Borneo having visited Agnus Keith's house/museum this wonderful book written when her family were interned in a Japanese POW camp us uplifting and very inspirational.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I've not been able to put this book down. I wish they had told me about women like this in history class at school.
I found it interesting to read the story from her point of view. Sometimes when you read books on the subject the author has put them on a pedal stool and will keep to the view of the great British spirit, of people all coming together united by a common enemy. Whereas this book you could see her changing emotions, she admits in the first camp to hating some of the women, to breaking the rules to get food and medicine for her son.
This book is certainly worth a read
I found it interesting to read the story from her point of view. Sometimes when you read books on the subject the author has put them on a pedal stool and will keep to the view of the great British spirit, of people all coming together united by a common enemy. Whereas this book you could see her changing emotions, she admits in the first camp to hating some of the women, to breaking the rules to get food and medicine for her son.
This book is certainly worth a read
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A very readable book without swear words. I enjoyed this true story of an American woman and her child in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. I cannot imagine what banana skin soup tastes like, every time I eat a banana now and throw away the skin I think of Agnes Keiths struggle to survive.
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