Blue ribbons, bitter bread
Subtitle: the life of Joice Nankivell Loch
By: Susanna de Vries
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Pirgos Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Brisbane, Qld
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780980621600
Subjects: Women journalists; Biography; Women authors; World War, 1939-1945; Jews; Rescue; Women philanthropists; Political refugees; Foreign relations
Description: Jocie Loch was an extraordinary Australian. She had the inspired courage that saved many hundreds of Jews and Poles in World War II, the compassion that made her a self-trained doctor to tens of thousands of refugees, the incredible gift that took her close to death in several theatres of war, and the dedication to truth and justice that shone forth in her own books and a lifetime of astonishing heroism.
Notes: Cover subtitle: Joice Loch : Australia's most heroic woman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.