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Rising from the Shadow of the Sun: A Story of Love, Survival and Pleasure exemplifies the power of positive thinking, of expectation, of determination even in the most perilous and life-threatening situations and of a mother's love for her children, surpassing even the tragedy of death. Jeannette Herman-Louwerse ("Netty"), a mother incarcerated by japan on the island of Java during World War Two with her two little girls, Ronny and Paula, endures starvation, tough punishments, and diseases for nearly four years. They scarcely survive. In a magic formula journal, risking torture and death experienced it been diagnosed, Netty writes letters to her parents in the German-occupied Netherlands, and provides an accurate historical account of japan invasion and the lives of women and children interned under the brutal routine of japan. She represents the years of physical and subconscious suffering, but also the expectation, trust, solidarity, and resilience that keep the imprisoned women alive. Netty's man Fokko, a pilot with the Dutch Naval Air Push, stationed in Surabaya, escapes along with his squadron hours before the Japanese submarines encircle the island. Working under British command word in Sri Lanka, Fokko's history is chronicled over the same timeline as that of his partner and children; he, too, survives. Ronny Herman de Jong, given birth to and brought up in the Dutch East Indies, survived four years in Japanese focus camps during WWII. After the war Ronny researched English at Leyden School in holland. In 1972 she shifted to the united states with her man and three children and presently resides in Az.
