'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. 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. After the war, Jean tracks Joe down in Australia and
together they begin to dream of surmounting the past and
transforming his one-horse outback town into a thriving community
like Alice Springs... With an introduction by Eric Lomax, author of
The Railway Man
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