TY  - BOOK
AU  - Potter, Chris,
AU  - Potter,Norah
TI  - My beautiful island: from England to New Zealand via Hong Kong and a war 
SN  - 9780995149915
U1  - 940.531 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Nelson, New Zealand : 
PB  - CP Books, 
KW  - Potter, Norah,
KW  - Potter, John,
KW  - Potter, Chris,
KW  - Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Personal narratives, British
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - China
KW  - Hong Kong
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Hong Kong (China)
KW  - History Siege, 1941
KW  - Siege, 1941
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - fast
N2  - "This is a story of contrasts: contrasting countries, cultures, attitudes and fates. The thread connecting them is the commentary of one articulate and strong-willed woman, my mother. In her letters, notes and diary we read about the 6-day trip from London to Hong Kong in 1938 via flying boat; the enviable social life of busy expatriates in Hong Kong from 1938 to 1941; and the horror, heartbreak and suffering that followed the Japanese invasion in December 1941"--Publisher
ER  -