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The White Pearl
'Epic storytelling' Woman & Home
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Artikel-Nr:
9780751543360
Veröffentl:
2012
Erscheinungsdatum:
16.02.2012
Seiten:
448
Autor:
Kate Furnivall
Gewicht:
349 g
Format:
201x131x35 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Kate Furnivall didn't set out to be a writer. It sort of grabbed her by the throat when she discovered the story of her grandmother - a White Russian refugee who fled from the Bolsheviks down into China. That extraordinary tale inspired her first book, The Russian Concubine. From then on, she was hooked.Kate is the author of eight novels, including The Russian Concubine, The White Pearl and The Italian Wife. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages and have been on the New York Times Bestseller list.
Malaya, 1941. As the wife of a plantation owner, Connie Hadley¿s life appears pampered and comfortable. But the attack on Pearl Harbour changes everything. Forced to flee, the Hadleys and their friends set sail to Singapore on The White Pearl, but they are devastated when they learn that Singapore has fallen. As fear strips away good manners, tensions arise on the yacht and anger causes divisions between friends. In desperation and short of food, they are captured by a pirate ship and its Malayan crew. Sailing from island to island, constantly in fear of their lives, the crash of a Zero fighter plane into the sea and the rescue of its Japanese pilot changes Connie¿s life for ever . . .
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