{"product_id":"9780994448514","title":"Dragons in the Forest","description":"'This book brings my youth alive, and what an incredible time it was!' - Alex Faure\u003cp\u003eDecember 7th, 1941.\u003cbr\u003eToday the war began! I've just heard the news on the radio. I was trying to finish my homework in English, and at the same time listen to a talk to improve my Japanese. I often use the radio for this purpose. The Marianist Brothes at St Joseph's teach us in English and French, but speaking Japanese at school is forbidden. Which is a pretty stupid rule, since this is where I was born and where my family lives, and on leaving school I want to get a job here...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Japan of a French father and White Russian mother, Alex Faure greeted news of war in the Pacific with schoolboy enthusiasm. That is until the hardships of being a 'gaijin' and neutral foreigner in Japan during World War II became a stark reality for the Faure family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecember 22nd, 1944.\u003cbr\u003eSince Sunday night there has been a raid most days and every single night. The bombing has been relentless. It accounts for the sombre mood; no Christmas spirit in evidence anywhere in this city. Certainly none at the French bank...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Yeldham masterfully tells us Alex Faure's own true story against the backdrop of real events in wartime Japan. Laced with excerpts from Alex's diary, Dragons in the Forest is a riveting tale of life as a foreigner in a strange land at a very dangerous time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Port Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49873282957552,"sku":"9780994448514","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780994448514","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}