A Town Like Alice Condition:Well Read a feisty and headstrong young

a feisty and headstrong young woman in the early 1900s thrust into motherhood in her teens

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praised for its authority and lucidity

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A Town Like Alice Condition:Well Read a feisty and headstrong youngFrom a little known incident in the war against Japan and from his travels in Malaya and Australia, Shute has contrived a gripping novel of the courage and unflagging faith in humanity of an English girl. Written with insight and understanding, it is probably his most popular book. This edition is an abridgment which, like the film, concentrates mainly on the Malayan episodes. Published 1965. Ex library copy. Binding of book is loose. Encased in