Along the Broken Bay, Flora J. Solomon
Along the Broken Bay, Flora J. Solomon
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Along the Broken Bay

Author: Flora J. Solomon

Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Unabridged: 11 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 07/01/2019

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of A Pledge of Silence comes a story of resistance, intrigue, and risking it all in the WWII Philippines.December 1941. War has erupted in the Pacific, spelling danger for Gina Capelli Thorpe, an American expat living in Manila. When the Japanese invade and her husband goes missing, Gina flees with her daughter to the Zambales Mountains to avoid capture—or worse.Desperate for money, medicine, and guns, the resistance recruits Gina to join their underground army and smuggles her back to Manila. There, she forges a new identity and opens a nightclub, where seductive beauties sing, dance, and tease secrets out of high-ranking Japanese officers while the wildly successful club and its enemy patrons help fund the resistance.But operating undercover in the spotlight has Gina struggling to stay a step ahead of the Japanese. She’s risked everything to take a stand, but her club is a house of cards in the eye of a storm. Can Gina keep this delicate operation running long enough to outlast the enemy, or is she on a sure path to defeat that will put her family, her freedom, or even her life at risk?

About Flora J. Solomon

Flora J. Solomon worked as a researcher and analyst in Michigan’s university system and health-care industry. She started writing after retiring and moving to the North Carolina coast with her husband. Her first novel, A Pledge of Silence, won the 2014 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award for general fiction and was selected as a Historical Novel Society Editors’ Choice. When not sitting at her computer creating stories, Solomon can be found on the golf course, on the tennis court, or—most naturally—at the beach.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy

A different view of WWII Along the Broken Bay by Flora Solomon is a well written story of an Italian-American woman and her child trapped in Manila during the WWII invasion by Japan. Living a priveledged life with cooks, maids, and nannies prior to the occupation, she and other resident Americans qui......more

Goodreads review by Lance

The book gets off to a slow start, with too much description and character background that could wait to be incorporated into the narrative later on in the story. It soon picks up and rattles along at a fair pace right up until the end. It is most certainly a roller-coaster of action and emotions. I......more

Goodreads review by Stephen

Overall, this was a good book. I enjoyed most of it. However, I deduct one star for good reason. It was clear to me, and later confirmed, the author has never been to the Philippines. She can get away with that for many, but I knew, and it caused me to stand back a little instead of becoming utterly......more

Goodreads review by Jeff

I was given an Advance Reader copy of this book. Excellent read. Well written account of World War 2 in the Philippines, beginning with the Bataan Death March. Flora writes with a sharp eye for detail. Her characters are well developed and the plot keeps your interest. If you enjoy historical fictio......more

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