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Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute (2018, Hardcover)
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A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute, Jenny Colgan. Author Nevil Shute, Jenny Colgan. Title A Town Like Alice. Jean Paget, a young English woman, is captured by the Japanese army in Malaya during World War Two.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-101509834818
ISBN-139781509834815
eBay Product ID (ePID)239970091
Product Key Features
Book TitleTown like Alice
Number of Pages408 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, War & Military, Romance / Historical / 20th Century, General
Publication Year2018
GenreFiction
AuthorNevil Shute
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight7.8 Oz
Item Length6.2 in
Item Width4.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingA
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SynopsisA gripping story of love and bravery set in Malaya, London and Australia. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by bestselling novelist Jenny Colgan., A heart-rending story of strength in adversity, A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute is a celebration of the overwhelming power of love. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by bestselling novelist, Jenny Colgan. Jean Paget, a young English woman, is captured by the Japanese army in Malaya during World War Two. She is forced on a brutal march across the country with a group of women and children. During this appalling ordeal she befriends Joe Harman, an Australian soldier who risks his own life to help the women. A few years later, and back in England, Jean receives an unexpected and substantial inheritance. She decides to use the money to repay the Malayan people who risked their lives to help her and her fellow prisoners during the war so she travels back to the village where they stayed. From there she travels on to Australia in search of lost love. Cut off in the Australian outback and thousands of miles from home, Jean once again draws on her admirable determination and entrepreneurial spirit when she sets out to build a thriving community. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure., Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Jean Paget, a young English woman, is captured by the Japanese army in Malaya during World War Two. She is forced on a brutal march across the country with a group of women and children. During this appalling ordeal she befriends Joe Harman, an Australian soldier who risks his own life to help the women. A few years later, and back in England, Jean receives an unexpected and substantial inheritance. She decides to use the money to repay the Malayan people who risked their lives to help her and her fellow prisoners during the war so she travels back to the village where they stayed. From there she travels on to Australia in search of lost love. Cut off in the Australian outback and thousands of miles from home, Jean once again draws on her admirable determination and entrepreneurial spirit when she sets out to build a thriving community. A heart-rending story of strength in adversity, A Town Like Alice is a celebration of the overwhelming power of love. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by bestselling novelist Jenny Colgan.
LC Classification NumberPR6027.O54
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- Feb 23, 2021
Good story
Well written story, based on true eventsVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Nov 02, 2023
good value
the book is very small but good to take along.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- May 26, 2022
Great read
Great readVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
