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As World War Two looms closer, a young woman travels to a far-off tropical paradise on the promise of a new life, in this powerful and emotionally gripping love story.
Author : Clare Flynn
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,42 MB
Release : 2023-11-22
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ISBN : 9781805084327
As World War Two looms closer, a young woman travels to a far-off tropical paradise on the promise of a new life, in this powerful and emotionally gripping love story.
Author : Clare Flynn
Publisher : Cranbrook Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,58 MB
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781916469211
Flynn's tenth novel explores love, marriage, the impact of war and the challenges of displacement - this time in a tropical paradise as the threat of the Japanese empire looms closer.
Author : Raymond Flower
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,18 MB
Release : 2011-02
Category : Ethnic groups
ISBN : 9789812618863
Author : Clare Flynn
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,8 MB
Release : 2023-11-22
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ISBN : 9781805084341
An incredible story of the courage of two ordinary women incarcerated on the Indonesian islands during WW2, inspired by real-life events.
Author : Clare Flynn
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 13,68 MB
Release : 2020-10-15
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ISBN : 9781916469273
A dramatic coming of age novel set during the Malayan Emergency in 1948
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Page : 73 pages
File Size : 24,80 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Pinang
ISBN : 9789812325952
Author : Clare Flynn
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,78 MB
Release : 2021
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ISBN : 9781916469297
Three powerful novels from a prize-winning storyteller Set before, during and after World War 2 on the beautiful Far Eastern island of Penang, these books and their memorable characters will keep you up all night reading THE PEARL OF PENANG - EVIE'S STORY In 1939, lonely and without prospects, Evie Fraser accepts a marriage proposal by post from a man she barely knows. Evie leaves her quiet English village for a new life on the exotic tropical island of Penang. Soon she finds herself pitched against her new husband on the one hand and the shallow spiteful world of the expatriate British on the other. Has she made a terrible life-changing mistake? Winner of the 2020 BookBrunch Selfies award for Adult Fiction PRISONER FROM PENANG - MARY'S STORY In late 1941, when the Japanese attack Penang, Mary Helston flees to the safe haven of Singapore, only for it to fall within weeks. Imprisoned by the Japanese on the nearby islands of Sumatra, Mary and her fellow women internees begin a desperate struggle for survival. But it's not only the Japanese and starvation that Mary is up against, as with her in the camp is the one woman Mary has good cause to loathe with a passion. A PAINTER IN PENANG - JASMINE'S STORY The war is over and Evie's unhappy step daughter, Jasmine, is desperate to return to the island of Penang where she grew up. When Mary, Evie's best friend, offers to host Jasmine, the sixteen year-old is over the moon. As Jasmine settles into her new life, enjoying her painting, communist insurgents begin the reign of terror that becomes the Malayan Emergency. Before long, Jasmine is drawn into a world of danger and secrets from the past that will force her to grow up faster than she had expected. "In this testament to the strength of female friendship and endurance under the harshest of conditions, Flynn has imagined the unimaginable - a dazzling achievement." Linda Gillard, author of The Memory Tree and House of Silence. "A powerful and moving story of atrocity and of the human heart's ability to love, endure and, perhaps, find love again." Lorna Fergusson, Author and Owner of FictionFire "a core of joy and warmth in it. It gives hope. Which is something everyone in the world needs at the moment." (Books by Bindu blog_
Author : Ken Yeang
Publisher : Images Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 25,99 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781864702538
This book examines the competition submissions for a new suburban centre located on the edge of
Author : Clare Flynn
Publisher : Penang
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 23,68 MB
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781916469235
After Penang is attacked by the Japanese at the end of 1941, Mary Helston believes Singapore will be a safe haven. But within weeks the supposedly invincible British stronghold is on the brink of collapse to the advancing enemy. Mary and her mother are captured at sea as they try to escape and are interned on the islands of Sumatra. Imprisoned with them is Veronica Leighton, the one person on the planet Mary has reason to loathe with a passion. As the motley band of women struggle to adapt to captivity, relationships and friendships are tested. When starvation, lack of medication and the spread of disease worsen, each woman must draw on every ounce of strength in their battle for survival. A vivid and moving story of sacrifice, hope and humanity. From the best-selling author of The Pearl of Penang.
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Page : 894 pages
File Size : 43,81 MB
Release : 1882
Category : Agricultural exhibitions
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