Song of Survival: Women Interned by Helen Colijn
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Book Reviews of Song of Survival: Women Interned
Book Review: What a wonderous thing is woman??
Summary: 5 Stars
Song of Survival was read, with other texts, as research for a forthcoming production The Shoe-Horn Sonata, by Australian John Misto, and added immeasurably to the background knowledge of director and cast. What remarkable women!! How beautifully Helen tells her own story and that of the thousands of women and children prisoners of the Japanese in what we now call Indonesia. That so many died does not surprise when you learn of the conditions in which they lived; that so many survived is testament to true strength; that they can tell their story is true courage. Thank you Helen. I also noted from the review by Leslie Terwilliger that there is a play version of Song of Survival and I would be very interested learning more about it. Please contact me at ipiuwi@hotmail.com.
Book Review: It brought back memories
Summary: 5 Stars
I too was a POW of the Japanese and as I read Helen's story, I had tears in my eyes for I could feel the things she and the others were going through. The sickness, starvation, no medical supplies and rain and mud, cold wet quarters and back breaking work from dawn to dusk; and for what? A cup of watery rice; and in the end death. It is a story of survival and the music helped the POWs. The music the two ladies were able to recreate, and the choir gave the prisoners a brief respite from the daily grind of their prison drudgery and misery, and the uncertainty of what could happen at any time at the hands of the unpredictable Japanese soldier. All he had to do was account for a body. And all that mattered to the camp commander was a body--dead or alive..Book Review: compelling, true, mind & soul opening in our computer world
Summary: 5 Stars
I am related to Helen Colijn and so glad she wrote this true story. The experiences that she, her sisters and parents, my folks, etc have passed onto us have been amazing. I am now 40 with 4 kids of my own. I retell this story that she wrote to help my kids, and myself, relate to the true meaning of life. I hope we can raise future generations to have the dignity and stamina to sing through both the prosperous, as well as the survival, times. (There is also a PBS documentary video (same title) and then a full movie called Paradise Road, by the same director of Driving Miss Daisy, based partly on this book.) Thanks Helen!Book Review: Song of Survival
Summary: 5 Stars
I have not yet read the book, certainly plan on reading it. I have however attended aplay this past Friday evening. A local Community Theatre presented it and I was in great awe of their performance. They did great justice to the story line and I am so pleased to have been present. At the end I so wanted to stand up with/for them as they closed with The Captive's Hymn. The message of strength, courage, and spirit were felt by all in attendance. Such strength these women had, makes me proud of my female sisters!Book Review: Stories of women in WWII
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a testimony to the strength of women and the power of music to soothe the soul. Music is a common ground for all people and this true story illustrates how beautiful sounds calm and restore our spirits and, in this story, that of the oppressors. There must be thousands of heroic folks who lived through this terrible war with strength and dignity. I am always glad to find another inspiring story.
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