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A Town Like Alice

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A Town Like Alice

Written by: Nevil Shute
Narrated by: Robin Bailey
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Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins. When she is captured she joins a group of other European women and children whom the Japanese force to march for miles through the jungle. While on the march, the group run into some Australian prisoners, one of whom, Joe Harman, helps them steal some food, and is horrifically punished by the Japanese as a result. After the war, Jean tracks Joe down in Australia and together they begin to dream of surmounting the past and transforming his one-horse outback town into a thriving community like Alice Springs...

©1989 The Trustees of the Estate of the Late Nevil Shute Norway (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Genre Fiction War & Military
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A narrative which feels like a first hand experience of events that happened so long ago but can visualise as if happening again. Excellent and distinctive style of narrative. The narrator must be complimented for the reading.

A beautiful book

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Loved it. The end is touching and emotional. Australian outback described so much in detail

A beautiful book

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