The last reunion
Nunn, Kayte2021
Book
Burma, 1945. Bea, Plum, Bubbles, Joy and Lucy: in search of adventure, attached to the Fourteenth Army, fighting a forgotten war in the jungle. Assigned to run a mobile canteen, navigating treacherous roads and dodging hostile gunfire, they become embroiled in life-threatening battles of their own. Oxford, 1976. A woman slips into a museum and steals several rare Japanese netsuke, including the famed fox-girl. Despite the offer of a considerable reward, these tiny, exquisitely detailed carvings are never seen again. London and Galway, 1999. On the eve of the new millennium, Olivia, assistant to an art dealer, meets Beatrix, an elderly widow who wishes to sell her late husband's collection of Japanese art. Olivia travels with Beatrix to a New Year's Eve party, deep in the Irish countryside, where friendships will be tested as secrets kept for more than fifty years are spilled.
Main title:
The last reunion / Kayte Nunn.
Author:
Nunn, Kayte, author
Work:
Imprint:
Sydney, N.S.W. : Hachette Australia, 2021.
Collation:
xiv, 367 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"War would bring them together. But would it ultimately tear them apart?" -- Cover.
ISBN:
97807336453890733645380
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
111094