{"product_id":"a-town-like-alice-nevil-shute-9781509834815","title":"A Town Like Alice","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJean Paget, a young English woman, is captured by the Japanese army in Malaya during World War Two. She is forced on a brutal march across the country with a group of women and children. During this appalling ordeal she befriends Joe Harman, an Australian soldier who risks his own life to help the women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA few years later, and back in England, Jean receives an unexpected and substantial inheritance. She decides to use the money to repay the Malayan people who risked their lives to help her and her fellow prisoners during the war so she travels back to the village where they stayed. From there she travels on to Australia in search of lost love. Cut off in the Australian outback and thousands of miles from home, Jean once again draws on her admirable determination and entrepreneurial spirit when she sets out to build a thriving community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA heart-rending story of strength in adversity, \u003ci\u003eA Town Like Alice \u003c\/i\u003eis a celebration of the overwhelming power of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by bestselling novelist Jenny Colgan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nevil Shute\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509834818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509834815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MacMillan Collector's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.00h x 3.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e59830 \/ Town Like Alice\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nevil Shute","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051129630975,"sku":"9781509834815","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e24326be-3fad-4a18-b761-b9c9151c7ba1.jpg?v=1685011266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-town-like-alice-nevil-shute-9781509834815","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}