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    <body><![CDATA[A Town Like Alice reminds me so much of my favorite book, Mrs. Mike. Both catalog the difficulties and triumphs of living in remote areas. Both are historical. Both have a strong and engaging female protagonist who are in love with a man responsibly tied to a piece of land. Neither are fluffy Harleq...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33532849">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This latest reading was my fourth time with this story. I have read it, listened to it, and seen a movie of it. Every time I enjoy it again on so many levels.<br/>It is based on a real part of WWII history in which British women prisoners were marched under Japanese guard for months. The female lea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4658509">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I tried to describe this book to my husband, and found myself unable to talk about the book without narrating the entire plot, but then backing away from that outline to explain that it wasn't a spoiler because the what happens in the book is like the skeleton that the author hangs the depth of the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53073362">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Story--great; writing--terrible.  That pretty much sums it up for me.  The author took interesting characters and concepts and made them as dull as possible by telling it through the eyes of the lawyer.  I was constantly frustrated by that feeling of being removed from the characters and the action....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44880118">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What an excellent read.  I enjoyed the narration of the story.  It is told by an older man who is a solicitor in London.  He tells the story in a matter of fact way but is not left without emotion.  I can't believe all that happened in this relatively short story. It did not seemed rushed.  The char...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53272391">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have never recommended this book to anyone who didn't absolutely love it and put it on their favorite list. It is very well written with an interesting plot and good love story.<br/><br/> A story of a young woman who inherits some money. The story is told from the attorney who manages her estate...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17464443">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I discovered this book through the BBC big read where viewers choose their top 100 novels of all time. I decided that I would make it my goal to read all 100 books as a way to broaden my reading horizons.<br/><br/>While this book is an enjoyable read I believe that it hasnt dated that well and is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14251119">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20859379">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book wasn't at all what I was expecting.  For a start, I wasn't expecting it to be narrated by an elderly London solicitor.<br/><br/>It's a lovely book, though, of the sort of positive, warm, compassionate type that men don't seem to write these days--they're too busy doing their drugs and ba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20859379">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24339052">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the story about a woman caught in Japanese occupied Malay during WWII. After the war she inherits some money and the final 2/3 of the book is what she does with it. I'm rather surprised I liked it so much since it didn't have a strong plot or characterization--and yet it was a fascinating re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24339052">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely loved this book!  I saw the movie years ago at my grandma's house &amp; fell in love with it.  I couldn't forget it &amp; decided to finally read the book.  I loved it, too!  Though it's not a true story, the POW experience of the women is taken from a true story in Sumatra.  I love the charact...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21704791">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thoroughly enjoyed this book; although, you can tell that it was written by a man in the 50's.  This book was broken down into three main parts: Jane's time during the war, two years after the war, and then her time in Milstown, Austrailia.<br/><br/>Jane Paget is a young English woman working in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42382031">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am so pleased I've read this. After 'On the Beach' I had not really wanted to read another by Shute but 'A Town Like Alice' is as uplifting as 'On the Beach' is depressing.<br/>Set in Malaya during the Japanese occupation we follow the forced itinerant wanderings of the female prisoners of war as ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68737475">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A Town Like Alice is the story of Englishwoman Jean Paget, who is living and working in Malaya when the Japanese invade during WW II. Jean is captured by Japanese soldiers, and taken as a prisoner (of sorts) with other English women and children. <br/><br/>I loved the first 2/3 of this book, in pa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52279245">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I always thought that the plot synopses of Nevil Shute's books sounded rather dull.  After a recommendation from a trusted friend, I was pleasantly surprised at how fascinating this book was.   It was definitely a quick read but part of that was that I was so eager to find out what would happen next...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78605988">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know if it's possible to dislike a book by Nevil Shute.  This one, like most of the others, is full of admirable and likable characters facing difficult/challenging circumstances.  Just downright uplifting.  Plus you get all the detail of the historical setting (WWII and after), and more tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55329932">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a book of inspiration to everyone that one person can build a city or do anything she aspires to if she wants it badly enough.  This lady went from being a slave in a Japanese POW camp to building a town and bettering the life of hundreds of people.  What an amazing woman.  I only hope to do...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15139642">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An old-fashioned (in a very good way) saga about Jean Paget's struggle for survival in WWII Malaya and her struggle of a different nature in post-war outback Australia. Jean is one of literature's greatest entrepreneurs. While the Malaya section was more of a page-turner for me, I applauded Jean's b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58747435">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very unassuming looking little book which is absolutely charming.  I would give it five stars for effect because it will stay with you a long, long time.  However, the writing, strictly speaking, leaves something to be desired.  But that aside, it is story not to be missed.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a good read with several plot turns.  It is a fictional love story set during World War II and afterwards in Australia.  Also, the main woman character is a strong stands up for herself in an admirable way for someone during that time period.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my all time favorite books. I saw the BBC movie when I was a teenager and just loved the story.  I had to read the book. It is the story of Jean Paget and is told through the eyes of her London solicitor.<br/><br/>The first part of the book takes place when Jean is remembering her t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67805791">more...</a>]]></body>
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