Other Echoes

Eighteen-year-old Flora is recovering from “nervous exhaustion” in the sanatorium at her boarding school. She is supposed to rest. But the rest brings back her childhood memories of living in Borneo, where she encountered people and events shaped by the tragedies of the Second World War, when the island was occupied by Japanese soldiers and their concentration camps. Award-winning author Adèle Geras weaves the captivating story of a young woman who, by coming to terms with her memories of the past, is able to move on to a new phase of her life. 138 pages ; 22 cm Now eighteen years old and living in England, Flora remembers the experiences she had as a nine-year-old in North Borneo, or Sabah, where she endured outsider status and where she uncovered the secret story of an old house Originally published: Atheneum, 1982 Flora is 18 and recovering from an illness in the sanatorium at her boarding school. To while away the time, she starts to write down the story of her childhood. In making sense of her own memories, Flora uncovers the ideas and emotions that make her the person she is today. Now eighteen and about to leave her English boarding school, Flora Baxter remembers a time when she was nine and living in North Borneo.