Hello, friends! Inspired by some of the recent memoirs - and one novel - I've been reading, this week I'm talking about the hazy line between memoir and fiction. Specifically, I'm thinking again about Freddy Spencer Chapman, Nona Baker, and my newest fascination, the Chinese-Belgian novelist (and physician) Han Suyin. My post is up now at The History Girls. … [Read more...]
Nona Baker
Hello, friends. I'm currently time-travelling in the colony formerly known as Malaya. I'm interested, specifically, in the Japanese occupation of Malaya during the Second World War and how different groups of Malayans responded to the threat. Here in the west, many people don't learn about WWII's Pacific theatre of war at school. Certainly, my own education focused on France, Britain and … [Read more...]