Between the Lines: A Town Like Alice

Adult Book Discussion: A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

Summary by Goodreads: "Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading Japanese and forced on a brutal seven-month death march with dozens of other women and children. A few years after the war, Jean is back in England, the nightmare behind her. However, an unexpected inheritance inspires her to return to Malaya to give something back to the villagers who saved her life. Jean's travels leads her to a desolate Australian outpost called Willstown, where she finds a challenge that will draw on all the resourcefulness and spirit that carried her through her war-time ordeal.."

Pick up your copy on or after October 12 at the library's patron window. Also available on WVDELI and Libby as an audiobook or eBook. 

Discussion held in the upstairs meeting room. For ages 19+.

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