Noriko Oka (International) assertion Noriko Oka i(28198128 works by)
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2 9 y separately published work icon Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms Anita Heiss , ( trans. Noriko Oka with title 鉄条網と桜 ) Balmain : Ligature , 2024 9149067 2016 single work novel historical fiction

'An against all odds historical love story set in WW 2 Cowra, central NSW about a Japanese prisoner of war (Hiroshi) who escapes from the POW compound and is taken in by a member of the local Aboriginal Mission (Banjo Williams). His eldest daughter Mary and Hiroshi fall for one another over the year that he is with them but her father and the Acts of Protection and Assimilation stand in the way of any future happiness...'' (Publication summary)
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