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A Town Like Alice
- Narrated by: Robin Bailey
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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A Town Like Alice
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Publisher's Summary
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 other European women and children whom the Japanese force to march for miles through the jungle. 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. 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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- Donna
- 18-06-2020
Fantastic all round
I read this book as a paperback many times over the years and loved the story. I thought I might be disappointed with the audio, especially a male narrator as it is essentially a woman’s recollection but I wasn’t. The narration was good and I thoroughly loved it and will listen to it again. I highly recommend it. 😊
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- Anonymous User
- 19-08-2021
just brilliant!
absolutely love it. always loved the series too. typical of the outback and it's people to make a go if things.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-11-2019
What a gem!
Full of beautiful language on Malaysian and Australian landscape. A great story about human spirit in the hardship of war and barren land. The narrator did an excellent job in bringing the characters, and the twists and turns of the story through time and space,
to life through audio.
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- CA Weir
- 20-05-2021
Beautiful trip down memory lane
Read the print book when I was a kid. First time listening as an adult. The story was beautifully brought to life and was wonderful rehearing the story.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-08-2021
Magnificent story
Always on of my favourites and the first time to listen to.
The last page always makes me cry.
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- Greer Dellar
- 30-08-2016
A Town Like Alice
I am a Neville Shute fan from way back. My husband and I enjoyed the audio version while travelling from Alice Springs to Katherine in the Australian Northern Territory. (Over two days 1100 plus kms. We had very little radio reception and the book was great company. Mr Shute style is easy listening and while these days it would not be politically correct we really found the book most enjoyable. Even more so because we were travelling in northern Australia's cattle country.
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- Linda
- 15-01-2023
a great story well told
Loved this story for many years. The narrator did a great job.
I highly recommend it.
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- Christine Brennan
- 31-10-2021
Never gets old!
I have loved this book for over 40 years!! First time as an audible reading. What a read 😃. Of course I now cringe at some of the language and attitudes but stand by that it was just a book of its time.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-03-2019
Feel good.
Most enjoyable easy listening. Very descriptive of the Englush scenes, then rhe Malay adventures and finallt the outback way of life.
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- Ewa Pettet
- 29-06-2023
The narrator gets it spot on!
Given the book is from the view of a 1950’s law partner I felt the storyteller was spot on!
I think I’d read the book when I was young but never finished it but so pleased I revisited through this audible, thoroughly enjoyed the saga of Jean Padget!
Nevil Shute paints such a wonderful narrative picture of the Malay peninsula and the Aussie outback, you can almost feel the heat whether humid or dry! Highly recommend. Well done on the performance!
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