In early 1942, Grace Brown was taken a prisoner of the Japanese in the Philippines along with her husband Caldwell and their three-month-old son Iain. Their ordeal lasted three and a half years during which time they were starved and at the mercy of their captors.
For most of that time, Grace had to care for her son alone after Caldwell was taken from camp by the Japanese. She endured the next two years not knowing if her husband was alive or dead.
At her lowest point, Grace started keeping a secret diary, which she hid in her son’s teddy bear. Finally, back at home in Scotland, she wrote this dramatic account of all they had been through, which is being published for the first time to mark the 70th anniversary of VJ Day.
Her words show how even in the darkest moments of being a prisoner of the Japanese, Grace was absolutely determined that she would survive and so would her young son – and her family would be reunited again.
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Front cover: Grace Brown with her son Iain (right) together with a young friend, outside Santo Tomas on the day of departure after five weeks of good food courtesy of the liberating United States Army.
All proceeds from the sale of Amazing Grace will be donated to The Samaritans, Glasgow, UK.
For most of that time, Grace had to care for her son alone after Caldwell was taken from camp by the Japanese. She endured the next two years not knowing if her husband was alive or dead.
At her lowest point, Grace started keeping a secret diary, which she hid in her son’s teddy bear. Finally, back at home in Scotland, she wrote this dramatic account of all they had been through, which is being published for the first time to mark the 70th anniversary of VJ Day.
Her words show how even in the darkest moments of being a prisoner of the Japanese, Grace was absolutely determined that she would survive and so would her young son – and her family would be reunited again.
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Front cover: Grace Brown with her son Iain (right) together with a young friend, outside Santo Tomas on the day of departure after five weeks of good food courtesy of the liberating United States Army.
All proceeds from the sale of Amazing Grace will be donated to The Samaritans, Glasgow, UK.
