Ann Bennett
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From award-winning author Ann Bennett comes another heartbreaking novel of love, loss and survival during WW2.Determined to settle old scores from the war years, Sirinya returns to her native Thailand, where once she risked everything to help prisoners of war on the Death Railway. But her journey into the past uncovers unexpected truths...Thailand 1942: Sirinya and her family are members of the Thai underground, who risk their lives to resist the...
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From award-winning author, Ann Bennett, comes a captivating story of love and loss in World War 2. A daughter's promise to her dying father, uncovers wartime secrets that cast dark shadows over three generations of one family.In 2015, 90-year old Grace Summers receives some old sketches – the work of her deceased husband, Jack. One sketch is of a beautiful Indian woman in a street in Kuala Lumpur. This brings back bitter-sweet memories of the 1940s,...
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From award-winning author Ann Bennett comes a captivating WW2 novel of love and survival - a daughter's journey of discovery and a soldier's strength in the bleakest of times.When Laura Ellis, a successful city lawyer, arrives home to see her dying father Tom, a mysterious stranger is watching the house. This leads her to embark on a journey to discover their connection.To do so, she has to retrace her father's steps; to the Bridge on the River Kwai:...
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From award-winning author Ann Bennett comes a haunting and powerful novel of love and loss during World War 2 Malaya. 'A vivid account of a brutal period, and a searing exploration of trauma, memory and loss..' The Lady Magazine.1938: Juliet and her sister Rose arrive in Penang to stay with an aunt, after the death of their father. Juliet quickly falls under the spell of Gavin Crosby, a plantation owner, who despite his wealth, charm and good looks...
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Indochina 1939, Colette, a young French woman, falls in love with Henri Bossière the Chief Curator of the mysterious temple, Angkor Wat, in Cambodia. She starts a new life with him in an idyllic villa perched on the edge the great lake of Tonlé Sap. But the second world war intervenes, sweeping away her world and leaving tragedy in its wake.
After the war, Colette attempts to rebuild her life, finding a friend in Luc Gilbert, Henri's former deputy...
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Ann and Roz have been laughing at themselves and each other, for quite some timelovingly, of course. In this book, you will discover there is no problem too big to be laughed at and no situation too great to be mocked. This book is meant to have us laughing at all the paths weve taken in our insatiable search for perfection. Visit them online at http://www.laughingyourwaytoloveingyourself.com. Enlighten up with this delightful scripture that bridges...
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2021.
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"As she looks at the baby wriggling in her father's arms, a bolt of recognition goes through her and she takes a step back. And it's in that moment that she begins to protect her father's secrets. 1934, Weirfield-on-Thames. Connie Burroughs loves living in the orphanage that her father runs. Exploring its nooks and crannies with her sister, hearing the pounding of a hundred pairs of feet on the wooden stairs, having a father who is doing so much good....
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c2014
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Considers the difference between black photographers who use the camera to define themselves, their people, and their culture and some white photographers who, historically, have demeaned African-Americans through racist imagery. A cornucopia of Americana that reveals deeply disturbing truths about the history of race relations while expressing joyous, life-affirming sentiments about the ability of artists and amateurs alike to assert their identity...