My Faraway Home: An American Family's WWII Tale of Adventure and Survival in the Jungles of the Philippines - Hardcover

Maynard, Mary McKay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585742619 ISBN 13: 9781585742615

Publisher: The Lyons Press, 2001

Synopsis

A beautifully written, courageous memoir of a wartime childhood behind enemy lines.

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Review:

"A charming, transporting story of an altogether horrifying event - the Japanese invasion and occupation of the Philippines during WWII."

From the Back Cover:

When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and simultaneously attacked the Philippines, eight-year-old Mary McKay, her parents, and several other American families working on Mindanao fled into the jungle for what they thought would be a short evacuation until they could be rescued by the U.S. Navy. Their wait lasted two years. Maynard's beautifully written, courageous memoir tells the fascinating story of how they survived. The refugees encountered typhoons, fires and cobras; they lived on dwindling stores of canned food. Mary begins to perceive the social politics and prejudices that exist on the island, and she survives a sexual assault. Like The Diary of Anne Frank or Empire of the Sun, My Faraway Home gives a fresh perspective on war through a child's eyes.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Lyons Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1585742619
• ISBN 13: 9781585742615
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 275