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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
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July 30, 2015
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Life in a Japanese prison camp during WWII: An Australian physician must make difficult decisions during …more

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Sarah
Dec 26, 2014 rated it really liked it
an emotional journey, complete with the incredible horrors of war, and the life that must be lived after it. while it can be considered a love story, I didn't realize it until the second section. ...more
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Ally
Nov 27, 2014 rated it liked it
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I was really excited to read this book - I'm a sucker for historical fiction and it was a time I knew nearly nothing about (the building of the doomed Thai-Burma railway using POW labor). However, this book was disappointing. The writing was a little herky-jerky/stream of consciousness, especially confusing at the beginning when you're trying to get a passing familiarity with the main characters. I wanted more about the actual railway building and POW treatment then what happened to everyone pos ...more
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Suzanne Hamilton
Oct 18, 2014 rated it really liked it
This was a heartbreaking book; in parts very hard to read. Especially in the center section, which focuses on the prisoners' experience in the slave camps, I found myself counting the pages and willing myself to read through the depictions of the unspeakable brutality inflicted on the men. ...more
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Deb
Feb 10, 2017 rated it it was ok
Remember that scene from Silver Linings Playbook where Bradley Cooper finishes reading Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms? Throws it out the window and yells WTF? Yeah... Only Flanagan isn't Hemingway ;) ...more
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