An Afternoon with Alli Parker
Sun, 03 Sept
|Better Read Than Dead
Join Alli Parker for an afternoon talk with tea, champagne and cakes to celebrate the release of At the Foot of the Cherry Tree. Alli will be in-conversation with Catherine Milne.
Time & Location
03 Sept 2023, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia
Guests
About The Event
A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese war bride and a love that changed a nation forever.
Gordon Parker is an eager eighteen-year-old Australian boy desperate to fight for his country, and Nobuko 'Cherry' Sakuramoto is a sixteen-year-old girl struggling to survive in Japan in the aftermath of World War II. But when they fall in love, they change the course of history.
When Gordon arrives in Japan, he expects ruthless samurai, angry Japanese men ready to kill Australians at every corner. Instead, he finds Cherry, terrified of ex-enemy soldiers, a survivor of the atomic bomb. Against all the rules and all the odds, they fall in love. But when Gordon discovers the White Australia Policy prevents Cherry coming home with him as his war bride, he does what any 20-year-old soldier would do. He vows to fight. Leaving Cherry…
Tickets
Event Ticket
This ticket includes tea and treats.
$5.00
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This ticket includes a copy of At the Foot of the Cherry Tree
$35.00
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