Tin Hats and Rice: A Diary of Life as a Hong Kong Prisoner of War, 1941-1945

by Barbara Anslow

"I can't visualise us getting out of this, but I want to TRY to believe in a future," wrote 23-year-old Barbara Anslow (then Redwood) in her diary on 8th December 1941, a few hours after Japan first attacked Hong Kong. Her 1941-1946 diaries (with postwar explanations where necessary) are an invaluable source of information on the civilian experience in British Hong Kong during the second world war.

The diaries record her thoughts and experiences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9887792748
• ISBN13: 9789887792741
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Blacksmith Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"