A pledge of silence by flora j solomon5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Though these factions show up in my story, in the end my choice was to focus the spotlight on an American woman who opened a nightclub in Manila to support the guerrillas, and who then became a spy for the Allied forces. My difficulty lay on where to focus the voice of the story: on the journalists who obtained much of their information from forbidden radio broadcasts, on medical personnel who provided contraband drugs to the prisoners, on government officials who collaborated with the underground, on the guerrillas in the mountains who unceasingly harassed Japanese military units, or the missionary families who hid in the swamps to avoid capture or worse. She has this to say about writing her most recent book: “Choosing the subject matter was easy…I would weave a story about those brave people who endured the Japanese occupation outside the prison camps. Besides reading and writing, she enjoys visits from her children and grandchildren, bicycling through the community, a hard won tennis match, and an occasional round of golf. Solomon moved from Michigan's winter wonderland to the beautiful North Carolina coast where she lives with her husband. Soloman to discuss her latest book, "Along The Broken Bay."įlora J. On Monday, August 12th, at NOON in the MC Erny Gallery, host Ben Steelman of The Star News will sit down with author Flora J. ![]()
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