The Golden Lotus Necklace - Marina de Vries

In 1942, Honour's father was born in Malang, Java.  Within weeks, he and his mother and siblings were taken to a Japanese prisoner of war camp in Ambarawa.

Decades later, Honour sets out to uncover her family story.  

Travelling across Indonesia, she retraces the fragments of her family's past; the cities they lived in, the camps they endured, and the places where love and loss come separable.  Along the way, she uncovers not only the realities of war in the Dutch East Indies, but the lasting impact it has on identity, memory, and belonging.  

As past and present begin to intertwine, Honour is faced with difficult questions.  How do you reconcile inherited trauma?  Where does anger belong?  And what does it mean to truly forgive?

Unexpectedly, her journey also bring its own connections and the possibility of her own love story.  

The Golden Lotus is a powerful and deeply personal exploration of family, love, war and the enduring search for meaning across generations.

"The Golden Lotus Necklace is a thoughtful exploration of how lives, separated by time and circumstance, can remain powerfully connected".  Doug Gold, author of Saving Elli.  

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