It was a queer time to fall in love, and though her Australian soldier was afterwards. 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.Īfter 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. Jean Pagets adventures in Malaya have to be read to be believed. 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.ĭue 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. Jean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins. Bkl - labai gera 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.

With an introduction by Eric Lomax, author of The Railway Man.

'Probably more people have shed tears over the last page of A Town Like Alice than about any other novel in the English language. 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.

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