Sisters under the Rising Sun by Heather Morris

Author:Heather Morris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction

‘June, wake up, honey, Aunty Norah has something for you.’

‘I don’t want anything.’

‘Even a banana?’ Norah teases, revealing it from behind her back.

June’s eyes light up with pleasure. It is a small moment of respite, but deeply savoured all the same.

‘This is Sergeant Major Kato, your new commandant. Please be good and nothing will happen to you,’ Ah Fat tells the assembled women.

The rumour about Miachi is proved to be true when the women are called to Tenko.

When the announcement is over, Kato and Ah Fat quickly stride back to the administrative block. The women wander back to their houses or to the well, hoping there will be some water to collect.

‘Well, I wonder what this one’s going to be like,’ Mrs Hinch says to Norah.

‘He could give us more food, but I bet nothing will change.’

‘I’ll arrange to talk to him and stress we either need more food from them, or he needs to find us some local traders to come back,’ Mrs Hinch decides.

‘Well, good luck,’ says Norah, with little hope that something will come of it.

‘If somebody had told me two years ago that I would be sifting through garbage, looking for any grubs that can be eaten, I wouldn’t have believed them. But you know something, I quite like it.’ Mrs Hinch grins widely.

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