Sally, pregnant before her capture, is coming into her seventh month of pregnancy, and one of the nurses, Nellie, becomes very supportive of her. When the baby is stillborn, their friendship becomes closer, until they hear unwarranted rumors that their friendship is `unnatural'. Judith Bowen has another attack of malaria, making Blanche wonder about all of their eventual fates.
Genres: Drama , War & Politics
Keywords: 1940s , historical , historical-drama , jungle , modern-history , period-drama , prison , prisoner-of-war , singapore , soldier , war , world-war-ii