BOOKS
Hell to happiness : a concentration camp childhood to a life of abundance

Publisher: Global Publishing Group,


Title Details
  • Hell to happiness :
Publishers
  • Victoria, Australia :Global Publishing Group,c2015
Descriptions
  • [v], 352 pages :illustrations
Isbn
    9781922118905
Language
    English
Subjects
  • Dennis, Patricia V. C.
  • Child concentration camp inmates
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, British
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Location RHC
Item Call Number D 805. P6 D46 2015
Status Available
Barcode 17938
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 9781922118905
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - D 805 .P6
  • Item number - D46 2015
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Dennis, Patricia V. C.
Title Statement
  • Title - Hell to happiness :
  • Remainder of title - a concentration camp childhood to a life of abundance /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Patricia V.C. Dennis
Edition Statement
  • Edition statement - 1st ed.
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Victoria, Australia :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Global Publishing Group,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2015
Physical Description
  • Extent - [v], 352 pages :
  • Other physical details - illustrations
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
General Note
  • General note - "A memoir of one woman's undying spirit"
Bibliography, Etc. Note
  • Bibliography, etc - With bibliography.
Formatted Contents Note
  • Formatted contents note - My story begins -- War experiences--Early days in a Japanese Concentration Camp -- The Manila Club--My incarceration as a child -- Back on the frontline again -- Rehabilitation begins -- Time to send us to school -- Out in the commercial world -- My modelling takes off -- Coming of age--My 21st birthday -- On board S.S. Orcades--The honeymoon begins -- Life in London -- Establishing my career base in London -- Reaching for the stars and succeeding -- Homeward bound -- Life on the farm -- The farm history -- Hampton by the sea--Our in-between years -- Visions of a changing future -- The growing up years--Life at Linacre Rd, Hampton -- Saved from the ashes -- Going it alone -- My mum, the matriarch -- My B. & B. Venture -- Harnessing my dream
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - "Living on borrowed time will sharpen your appreciation for life. This book is a true story full of passion, hope and inspiration. International author Patricia Dennis shares what it was like to spend three and a half years growing up in a Japanese Concentration Camp in the Philippines. Having miraculously survived, she went on to achieve great personal and business triumphs. Patricia's amazing story provides beautiful lessons on how trust, faith and self-belief can take you from Hell to Happiness."
Language Note
  • Language note - English
Subject Personal Name
  • Personal name - Dennis, Patricia V. C.
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Child concentration camp inmates
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Personal narratives, British
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
  • General subdivision - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese