The phenomenal new novel, based on a true story, from the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka´s Journey and Three Sisters. Singapore is burning. It is February 1942, and the Vyner Brooke is sailing out of the harbour and to safety. On deck is an English musician, Norah Chambers, who gazes over the besieged city as the beautiful voices of the Australian nurses on board sing ´Waltzing Matilda´. One of these nurses is Nesta James, a pint-sized rocket of a woman, who quells her fears by...