{"product_id":"9789814954105","title":"Assembling Alice","description":"Author: Katigbak-Lacuesta, Mookie\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9789814954105\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Random House SEA\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 26 Oct 2021\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young female journalist in pre-war Manila joins a secret   resistance movement against the Japanese-when the war breaks out, she stands   to lose everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore and after the Battle of Manila, a Japanese spy and an American soldier have one thing in common- they both fall in love with Alice Feria, a pianist who would later become one of the first women journalists in the Philippines. Both would prove to be instrumental to her survival during the Japanese occupation and the liberation of Manila.\u003cbr\u003eAssembling Alice is a portrait of a woman as much as it is a portrait of the times she lived in. She came of age during the commonwealth period, survived both the occupation and the war, and did not write of her experiences as much as she spoke of them to those in her inner circle. Her experiences were sublimated into editorials she wrote for a small magazine called The Filipino Home Companion where she wrote of nation-building and what it meant or should mean to be a Filipino after the second world war.\u003cbr\u003eInside these pages are the stories she told, and have been told about her.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46722384134302,"sku":"UBD-9789814954105","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9789814954105.jpg?v=1776318049","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9789814954105","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}