
' Goodbye Burma' tells the dramatic & moving story of a family caught up in a critical moment in history as Burma is bombed & overrun by Japanese troops during World War Two It follows the fortunes of different family members as they join the hundreds of thousands of others who leave behind their lives & homes many trekking out on treacherous routes through the mountains to the safety of India Drawing on her own family's documents & memories & on much careful research Jean Ellis reimagines their experiences as the various characters carry with them their personal dilemmas & preoccupations their loves & losses Candid in its portrayal of the social divisions & administrative failures of the collapsing British raj Goodbye Burma is both a warm-hearted deeply human story & a powerful tale of end of empire