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A Town Like Alice (United States title: The Legacy) is a romance novel by Nevil Shute, published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia.
A Town Like Alice by Aussie author Nevil Shute is an exceptional tale. Based on the true story of Dutch women and children captured by the Japanese in Sumatra, Shute met the strong, courageous woman who led the group through the jungle, and wanted to honour her with this story.
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Feb 13, 2018 · 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.
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Oct 12, 1987 · A Town Like Alice is a masterpiece revolving around the life of a young Miss Jean Paget. Initially she is caught up in the atrocities of WW2 in Japanese controlled Malaya. She meets a captive young Australian soldier who helps her as much as he can but ends up being literally crucified on the orders of a sadistic Japanese officer.
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About A Town Like Alice. From the hugely acclaimed author of On the Beach—a tale of love and war that follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback. • “Entertaining …. Dramatic …. Shute is a natural and effective story-teller.” —The New York Times Jean Paget, a young ...
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A TOWN LIKE ALICE tells of a young woman who miraculously survived a Japanese "death march" in World War II, and of an Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, who offered to help her--even at the cost of his life....
A Town like Alice Kindle Edition. by Nevil Shute (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.5 7,951 ratings. See all formats and editions. Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins.
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