- Title:
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A Town Like Alice (MP3)
- Written by:
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Nevil Shute
- Read by:
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Robin Bailey
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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10 hours 20 minutes
- MP3 size:
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438 MB
- Published:
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January 01 2015
- Available Date:
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January 01 2015
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781486267491
- Genres:
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Fiction; Historical Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Format
Price
Bolinda price
'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.'
The Guardian
Nevil Shute's most beloved novel, a tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback.
Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading Japanese and forced on a brutal seven-month death march with dozens of other women and children. A few years after the war, Jean is back in England, the nightmare behind her. However, an unexpected inheritance inspires her to return to Malaya to give something back to the villagers who saved her life. Jean's travels lead her to a desolate Australian outpost called Willstown, where she finds a challenge that will draw on all the resourcefulness and spirit that carried her through her war-time ordeals.
'A heart-rending tale of torture, human fortitude and forbearance, inhumanity and hardship.'
The Sunday Times
'A Town like Alice is the most romantic book I've ever read ... Jean's determination to survive is inspirational, and the love she finds later is beautiful.'
The Mail on Sunday
'A ripping tale of budding romance and grace under pressure.'
The Times