“A harrowing, exciting, and in the end very satisfying war romance.”
HARPER’S
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….
From the Paperback edition.
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Summary
I watched this movie years ago and never forgot the incredible prisoner of war story, but didn’t get around to reading the book until now. First published in 1950, A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute is a love, war, survival and thanksgiving story all wrapped in one. It starts after the war when young Jean Paget, a clerk in a London shoe factory, comes into an inheritance from an uncle she met only once many years before. While trying to protect the estate and act in the best interest of his dead client, the lawyer Mr. Strachan begins listening to Miss Paget’s story. Her story of marching all over Malaya during WWII is incredible, and the story just keeps getting better when she ends up in Australia after Mr. Strachan tells her about the inheritance.
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Parts of the books take place in the South Pacific during WWII.