Beyond the Bukubuk Tree - Goldberg, Loretta
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From the award-winning author of The Reversible Mask: An Elizabethan Spy Novel comes a searing tale of passion, redemption, betrayal, and heroism. New Guinea, 1941. Heroism, sacrifice and ultimately, hope, transcend the terrifying war. Two men preparing for war, both with secrets they are determined to keep. Jake Friedman, an idealistic young Jewish doctor from Melbourne, is haunted by the death of a colleague he thinks he caused. Alex Whipple, a Catholic known as Wip, is a soul-scarred veteran of the First World War. Wip is an enigma who fights bullies on behalf of their victims yet has a…mehr

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From the award-winning author of The Reversible Mask: An Elizabethan Spy Novel comes a searing tale of passion, redemption, betrayal, and heroism. New Guinea, 1941. Heroism, sacrifice and ultimately, hope, transcend the terrifying war. Two men preparing for war, both with secrets they are determined to keep. Jake Friedman, an idealistic young Jewish doctor from Melbourne, is haunted by the death of a colleague he thinks he caused. Alex Whipple, a Catholic known as Wip, is a soul-scarred veteran of the First World War. Wip is an enigma who fights bullies on behalf of their victims yet has a chequered past in the wild side of post-war Paris that he is determined to forget. Both are posted to Lark Force, a lone and under-resourced battalion defending the port town of Rabaul. It's not long before Jake and Wip feel adeep pull of attraction. When the Japanese invade Rabaul, their battalion is abandoned by its government. Improvising a desperate jungle retreat, fighting rain, insects, disease, and vengeful Japanese pursuers, Jake will face the ultimate trials of his courage as Wip struggles to find the will to live. *** This meticulously researched and richly textured novel is set in a lesser-known battle of the Pacific War. The strength of the human spirit, the bonds of love, and the resilience of diverse communities are tested against the backdrop of these battles. "Beyond the Bukubuk Tree" is a gripping saga of courage, love, and survival in the face of overwhelming adversity.
Autorenporträt
An Australian-American, Lotetta Goldberg earned a BA in English Literature, Musicology and History at the University of Melbourne, Australia. After teaching English Literature at the Department of English for a year she came to the USA on a Fulbright scholarship to study piano with Claudio Arrau. Her discography consists of nine commercial recordings, now in over seven hundred libraries. Loretta was lucky to premier an unknown work by Franz Liszt on an EMI HMV (Australian Division) album, and her edition of the score for G. Schirmer is in its third edition. Concurrently, she built a financial services practice, which she then sold recently to focus on her writing. Her published non-fiction pieces consist of articles on financial planning, arts reviews and political satire. Loretta earned an MA (music performance) from Hunter College, New York; and a Chartered Life Underwriter degree from the American College, Pennsylvania. She is an active member of the Historical Novel Society, New York Chapter, and started and runs their published writer public reading series at the landmark Jefferson Market Library.