The Happy Prisoner

Author : Monica Dickens
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1448210224
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Happy Prisoner written by Monica Dickens and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the end of WW II and the household of Mrs. North, a well-to-do widow with a country cottage, is very busy. War circumstances brought both of her daughters home: loud but good-hearted tomboy, Violet, and highly-strung and over sensitive Heather with her two small children. Mrs. North is also taking care of her young niece, Evelyn, a lively child who loves to play on the local farm and has a great passion for animals. But at the center of all this is Oliver, Mrs. North's only son who lost his leg during the war service abroad. Recovering from his injuries, bed-ridden Oliver has nothing better to do but observe the busy lives of the people around him. Treated as a hero and a confidant by all the women in his family, Oliver begins to enjoy his new role as a self-proclaimed counselor. Due to his advice, Violet, an independent spinster, unexpectedly accepts the marriage proposal from a local farmer. Her wedding is a success and Violet finds a new happiness in her marriage, but soon Oliver's meddling in his family affairs goes too far. Will his risky instructions save or ruin Heather's marriage, which is at the brink of crisis, when her husband comes back from Australia after a few years of separation? Will Oliver learn to accept his new circumstances? Will he finally face to the reality and start to rebuild his own life? In this compendium plot, Monica Dickens, with her typical attention to detail, humor and talent for creating vivid characters, explores complicated life stories of the close-knit family and their friends at the end of the war. The Happy Prisoner was first published in 1946.

Author : Lorna Rea
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The happy Prisoner written by Lorna Rea and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Monica Dickens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Happy Prisoner, Etc written by Monica Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Monica Dickens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Happy Prisoner written by Monica Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oliver returns wounded from the war and watches the ups and downs of family life in Shropshire from his sickroom.

Author : John McNair
Publisher : London : H.F.W Deane
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Happy Prisoner written by John McNair and published by London : H.F.W Deane. This book was released on 1952 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael P. Spradlin
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545861519
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prisoner of War written by Michael P. Spradlin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He lied about his age to enlist. Now he'll have to lie about everything else to survive! Survive the war. Outlast the enemy. Stay alive. That's what Henry Forrest has to do. When he lies about his age to join the Marines, Henry never imagines he'll face anything worse than his own father's cruelty. But his unit is shipped off to the Philippines, where the heat is unbearable, the conditions are brutal, and Henry's dreams of careless adventuring are completely dashed.Then the Japanese invade the islands, and US forces there surrender. As a prisoner of war, Henry faces one horror after another. Yet among his fellow captives, he finds kindness, respect, even brotherhood. A glimmer of light in the darkness. And he'll need to hold tight to the hope they offer if he wants to win the fight for his country, his freedom . . . and his life. Michael P. Spradlin's latest novel tenderly explores the harsh realities of the Bataan Death March and captivity on the Pacific front during World War II.

Author : Clement John MACNAIR
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Happy Prisoner. A Play in Three Acts ... Based on the Novel by Monica Dickens written by Clement John MACNAIR and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carl William Brucker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Happy Prisoner written by Carl William Brucker and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan Gratz
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545520711
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prisoner B-3087 written by Alan Gratz and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Alan Gratz, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Refugee, comes this wrenching novel about one boy's struggle to survive ten concentration camps during the Holocaust. Based on the inspiring true life story of Jack Gruener. 10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly. It's something no one could imagine surviving. But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face. As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him. And then Yanek himself is taken prisoner -- his arm tattooed with the words PRISONER B-3087. He is forced from one nightmarish concentration camp to another, as World War II rages all around him. He encounters evil he could have never imagined, but also sees surprising glimpses of hope amid the horror. He just barely escapes death, only to confront it again seconds later. Can Yanek make it through the terror without losing his hope, his will -- and, most of all, his sense of who he really is inside? Based on an astonishing true story.

Author : Jason Rezaian
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062691597
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prisoner written by Jason Rezaian and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Inspiration for the New Podcast Featuring Jason Rezaian. “544 Days” is a Spotify original podcast, produced by Gimlet, Crooked Media and A24. The dramatic memoir of the journalist who was held hostage in a high-security prison in Tehran for eighteen months and whose release—which almost didn’t happen—became a part of the Iran nuclear deal In July 2014, Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian was arrested by Iranian police, accused of spying for America. The charges were absurd. Rezaian’s reporting was a mix of human interest stories and political analysis. He had even served as a guide for Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown. Initially, Rezaian thought the whole thing was a terrible misunderstanding, but soon realized that it was much more dire as it became an eighteen-month prison stint with impossibly high diplomatic stakes. While in prison, Rezaian had tireless advocates working on his behalf. His brother lobbied political heavyweights including John Kerry and Barack Obama and started a social media campaign—#FreeJason—while Jason’s wife navigated the red tape of the Iranian security apparatus, all while the courts used Rezaian as a bargaining chip in negotiations for the Iran nuclear deal. In Prisoner, Rezaian writes of his exhausting interrogations and farcical trial. He also reflects on his idyllic childhood in Northern California and his bond with his Iranian father, a rug merchant; how his teacher Christopher Hitchens inspired him to pursue journalism; and his life-changing decision to move to Tehran, where his career took off and he met his wife. Written with wit, humor, and grace, Prisoner brings to life a fascinating, maddening culture in all its complexity. “An important story. Harrowing, and suspenseful, yes—but it’s also a deep dive into a complex and egregiously misunderstood country with two very different faces. There is no better time to know more about Iran—and Jason Rezaian has seen both of those faces.” — Anthony Bourdain “Jason paid a deep price in defense of journalism and his story proves that not everyone who defends freedom carries a gun, some carry a pen.” —John F. Kerry, 68th Secretary of State