Sister Viv
The inspiring gripping WWII story of survival and heroism of a courageous young army nurse from the bestselling award-winning author, shortlisted for the ABIA Biography of the Year 2025
$30.40
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
2 April 2024
Summary
Bangka Island, 1942: Australian Army nurse Vivian Bullwinkel was just twenty-six when Japanese soldiers marched her and her fellow nurses into the shallow waters of a remote beach to be executed.
Miraculously, Vivian would be the lone survivor – and she committed the rest of her long life to an exceptional peacetime career which she lived in tribute to her lost friends. The Lieutenant-Colonel would also be the first woman to be honoured with a statue at the Australian War Memorial for…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733343292 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0733343295 |
| Author: | Grantlee Kieza |
| Publisher: | ABC Books |
| Imprint: | ABC Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 2 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 443g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 155mm x 235mm |
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Grantlee Kieza
Grantlee Kieza OAM is an award-winning journalist and Australia’s No. 1 bestselling historical biographer with more than twenty highly acclaimed books to his name. Kieza held senior editorial positions at The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, and The Courier-Mail for many years and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his writing.
He is a Walkley Award finalist, an ABIA shortlisted author for Biography, and an Indie Award, Age Book of the Year, and Queensland Literary Award shortlisted author for Non-fiction.
His nationally bestselling biographies include:
- Mary Penfold
- Mr and Mrs Gould
- Sister Viv
- Flinders
- The Remarkable Mrs Reibey
- Hudson Fysh
- Lawson
- Banks
- Macquarie
- Banjo
- Mrs Kelly
- Monash
- Bert Hinkler
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