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01895aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 0921E1D47E4A11EB8F0EA1F55EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210306010037 008 201020t20192019xx 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1076002250 020 $a 9781076002259 035 $a (OCoLC)1200836682 040 $a EXE $b eng $e rda $c EXE $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d BUP $d SILO 100 1 $a Bennett, Ann, $d 1962- 245 12 $a A daughter's promise / $c Ann Bennett. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a [s.l.] : $b Andaman Press, $c [2019] 300 $a 341 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "Tragic events from WW2 echo down through three generations of women ... In 2015, 90-year old Grace Summers receives some old sketches - the work of her deceased husband, Jack. One sketch is of a beautiful Indian woman in a street in Kuala Lumpur. This brings back bitter-sweet memories of the 1940s, when Grace met and married Jack, whose world had been torn apart by his time as a prisoner of war in Burma. In 1988, Grace's daughter, Louise, embarks on a journey to Burma to fulfil a promise she made to Jack on his death-bed. She meets a young Burmese man, Zeya, an activist, and gets caught up in pro-democracy demonstrations, with tragic consequences. In 2015, Louise and her daughter Eve, retrace Louise's steps to Myanmar, to research Jack's wartime experiences and to search for the girl in his sketch. But they are unprepared for the long-buried secrets their journey will unearth..."--Back cover. 650 0 $a Widows $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Daughters $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Families $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Families $x Fiction. $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Family secrets $x Fiction. 651 0 $a England $x Fiction. 651 0 $a Burma $x Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20210306015949.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0921E1D47E4A11EB8F0EA1F55EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search