![]() 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. From the hugely acclaimed author of On the Beacha tale of love and war that follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. ![]() The building of the new town in Australia is only a minor part of A Town Like Alice, just the climax really of a very long story arc. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Fiction - 368 pages. Probably more people have shed tears over the last page of A Town Like Alice than about any other novel in the English language… remarkable’ Guardian 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 – an experience that leads to the deaths of many.Due to her courageous spirit and ability to speak Malay, Jean takes on the role of leader of the sorry gaggle of prisoners and many end up owing their lives to her indomitable spirit. It takes Nevil Shute a long time in this novel to get around to the town of Alice (Alice Springs actually), and even longer to get around to the town like Alice. ![]()
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