Cirrus@Austlit

'Writing a book is often likened to having a child: the idea grows inside you until, after the agony of labour, it enters the world.' (Introduction)

'It is early 1942 and Australia is in the midst of war.

'While working at a Japanese hospital in the pearling port of Broome, Dr Ibaraki is arrested as an enemy alien and sent to Loveday internment camp in a remote corner of South Australia. There, he learns to live among a group of men divided by culture and allegiance.

'As tensions at the isolated camp escalate, the doctor's long-held beliefs are thrown into question and he is forced to confront his dark past: the promise he made in Japan and its devastating consequences.' (From the publisher's website.)