Roof Over Heaven
AuthorF. J. Thwaites
LanguageEnglish
PublisherH. John Edwards
Publication date
1953
Publication placeAustralia

Roof Over Heaven is the 22nd novel by F. J. Thwaites.[1][2]

The Daily Telegraph said "Thwaites has packed plenty of drama and an almost unlimited amount of melodrama into his new novel."[3]

The book was a best seller in Australia.[4]

Premise

John Summerless, an Australian engineer, moves to Hong Kong and becomes a POW of the Japanese in World War Two. His wife runs off with a gangster. John's child dies. He winds up in Broome.

References

  1. ^ "Let's Talk About Books". The Southern Mail. Bowral, NSW: National Library of Australia. 23 October 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong To Broome". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 5 December 1953. p. 30. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  3. ^ "He claims five million". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XIV, no. 49. New South Wales, Australia. 25 October 1953. p. 47. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "BEST SELLERS THIS WEEK". The West Australian. Vol. 69, no. 21, 010. Western Australia. 21 November 1953. p. 24. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

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Works by F. J. Thwaites
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