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A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0345353749
- ISBN 13
- 9780345353740
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Random House Publishing Group, 1987. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Synopsis
A Town Like Alice is a novel by the Australian author Nevil Shute. It tells the story of Jean Paget; as a prisoner of war in Malaya during World War II and then her return to Malaya after the war where she discovers something that leads her on the search for romance and to a small outback community in Australia where she sets out to turn it into 'a town like Alice'. It was first published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia.
Reviews
On Feb 18 2012, Jonanhereandnowyahoocom said:
Engaging read, hard to put down.
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Details
- Bookseller
- ThriftBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- G0345353749I3N01
- Title
- A Town Like Alice
- Author
- Nevil Shute
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0345353749
- ISBN 13
- 9780345353740
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
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- Jacket
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