The Hidden Passport: My Childhood Journey Through Japanese Concentration Camps in Java

by Phyllis Pilgrim

Phyllis tells of her childhood experiences from five to nine years old, when she was interned as a prisoner of war of WWII in Java with her mother and brother in Japanese internment camps for women and children. It is the story of survival, courage, laced with humor, and insights of daily life in captivity. The whole family survived. Phyllis also describes how these early experiences shaped her adult life and career choices.

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 20, 2011

Reviews

[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Phyllis Pilgrim is a legendary yoga and meditation teacher at Rancho La Puerta, where she has inspired thousands of students to sit up and pay attention to the present moment. She is well-known and well-loved for her wise, humble, and witty presentations. In this book, her voice rings out clearly and simply, as she relates her compelling memories of being interned with her mother and younger brother in a prisoner of war camp. She ties in her early childhood experiences with the ways they have affected her later in life, and how she has learned to put the experiences in the past, and yet be aware of their affects in the present.