Kuala Lumpur has fallen. Barbed wire cuts the city in two, and Doris van der Stratten finds herself imprisoned in a world where every kindness is suspect, and every silence hides a threat.  As war drags her from comfort into captivity, Doris must navigate a maze of suspicion, violence and impossible choices.

Haunted by the screams from across the prison walls, forced to survive by playing guest and captive, she discovers that in the darkest hours, innocence is a liability and hope can be fatal.  But beneath the falling jacaranda blossoms, a quiet defiance endures, a final, stubborn refusal to disappear.

Beneath the Jacaranda Tree is a searing tale of survival and reckoning, where the beauty of memory flickers against the relentless shadow of war.

203.2 mm x 139.7

134 g

95 pages

2025

Softcover