Destined Meeting Leslie Bell 1960 HC DJ POW Changi Readers Book Club

Key Details:
Title: Destined Meeting
Author: Leslie Bell
Publisher: Odhams Ltd / Readers Book Club (The Herald-Sun)
Year of Publication: 1960 (original text copyright 1959)
Edition: Readers Book Club Edition
Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket (protected in removable wrap)
Pages: 256
Language: English
Genre: Biography / War Memoir / WWII History
ISBN: N/A

Mini Story:
Written as a tribute to heroism under impossible conditions, Destined Meeting recounts the real-life experiences of Dr. and Mrs. “Freddy” Bloom and their time in Changi Prison Camp during WWII. Drawing from interviews, wartime documents, and his decade-long friendship with the Blooms, journalist Leslie Bell tells a deeply human story of courage, medical resilience, and the brutality of internment under Japanese occupation. A powerful insight into wartime Singapore and the endurance of the human spirit.

Condition:
Condition: Good – see detailed notes below.

This is a vintage hardcover in solid reading and display condition:

• Dust jacket is bright and intact with some edge wear and minor marks; now housed in a removable protective sleeve.

• Some foxing visible on the back cover and inner flaps.

• The book is clean and tightly bound with mild toning and a previous owner’s name in green ink on the title page.

• Water staining present on several pages near the fore-edge (not affecting readability).

• Includes a touching reproduction of a POW camp newsletter, The Weekly Pow-Wow, dated April 8, 1942.

• A valuable historical edition telling the story of medical heroes under duress.

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