Bride of war: my mother's world war II memories/
Teresita Gimenez Maceda.
- Mandaluyong City: Anvil Publishing, 2012.
- [85]p.: part. ill., 24cm.
THE BOMBS CAME WITHOUT WARNING. Terrified, I did not know where to hide. Then Gim rushed to get me. He made me climb the barbed wire and jump to the other side. I instinctively followed, forgetting I was with child. We ran and only after some distance from the guerrilla camo did I start feeling the throbbing pain. I had scratches from the barbs. I saw blood spattered all over Gim's guerilla uniform. But Gim was not concerned about his own condition. His face had grown pale. I stared at him, bewildered. Then I saw the trail of thick blood behind me. My knees wobbled and I fell into a pool of my own blood.
BRIDE OF WAR. Memories of love forged in a time of war, bequeathed by a mother to her daughter. A retelling of Flora Aguilar's harrowing experiences as a young bride of a soldier who fought with various Filipino guerrilla units in Mindanao, Cebu and other parts of Eastern Visayas during World War II. Throughout the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines, Flora's husband, Lt. Vicente Marigomen Gimenez, took his wife with him whenever he could, or she herself would seek him out at her own peril. Their lives were inextricably bound to one another. In a period of grave danger and uncertainty, their love was the constant that gave them the strength to brave harsh conditions and the will never to surrender to the enemy.