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The White Pearl
by Furnivall, Kate
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0751543365
- ISBN 13
- 9780751543360
- Seller
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Blagoevgrad Region, Bulgaria
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About This Item
London: Sphere. Very Good. 2012. Reprint; Third Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading creases and shelf wear, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Third printing of Sphere paperback edition, 2012. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design by Emma Graves. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 448 pages; Malaya, 1941. As the glamorous wife of a plantation owner, Connie Hadley appears to lead a pampered and comfortable life. But she is hiding devastating secrets that could destroy her marriage. And life will change for ever on the day of the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor. As Japanese Zero aircraft attack the town of Palur, Connie takes the decision to flee to Singapore on the family's boat, The White Pearl. She sails with her husband and son, three friends and the enigmatic boat dealer Fitzpayne, who is the only one who can navigate the islands of the South China Sea. In desperation, short of food and constantly in danger, fear strips away good manners; tensions arise on the yacht and anger causes deadly divisions between friends ... .
Synopsis
National bestselling author of The Russian Concubine , Kate Furnivall spins a tale of war, desperation, and the discovery of love off the coast of Malaya. Malaya, 1941 . Connie Thornton plays her role as a dutiful wife and mother without complaint. She is among the fortunate after all-the British rubber plantation owners reaping the benefits of the colonial life. But Connie feels as though she is oppressed, crippled by boredom, sweltering heat, a loveless marriage. . . Then, in December, the Japanese invade. Connie and her family flee, sailing south on their yacht toward Singapore, where the British are certain to stand firm against the Japanese. En route, in the company of friends, they learn that Singapore is already under siege. Tensions mount, tempers flare, and the yacht's inhabitants are driven by fear. Increasingly desperate and short of food, they are taken over by a pirate craft and its Malayan crew making their perilous way from island to island. When a fighter plane crashes into the sea, they rescue its Japanese pilot. For Connie, that's when everything changes. In the suffocating confines of the boat with her life upended, Connie discovers a new kind of freedom and a new, dangerous, exhilarating love.
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- Bookseller
- Books in Bulgaria
(BG)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33909
- Title
- The White Pearl
- Author
- Furnivall, Kate
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint; Third Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0751543365
- ISBN 13
- 9780751543360
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- Mass Market PB
- Bookseller catalogs
- 20th Century Warfare;
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