01317cam a2200229 a 4500 PH-MaWHO PH-MaWHO 20241108112737.0 100316s2010 nyu 000 1 eng d 9780977511464 BTCTA WPRO Library YDXCP EINCP DLC Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960. 674772 A town like Alice / Marleston : Gecko Books, 2008. 338 pages ; 21 cm. 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 leads 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. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. 674773 Prisoners of war Malaysia Malaya Fiction. 674774 Soldiers Australia Fiction. 674775 Australia Fiction. 674776 Historical fiction. 674578 17790 17790 0 0 0 0 FIC WPRO WPRO Mez 2024-07-03 donation 0 FIC SHU Town FIC0051 2024-05-20 00:00:00 MONO