A harrowing, exciting, and in the end very satisfying war romance. A town like Alice tells of a young woman who miraculously survived a Japanese "death march" in World War II, and of an Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, who offered to help her—even at the cost of his life. (From the Paperback edition)

A harrowing, exciting, and in the end very satisfying war romance. A town like Alice tells of a young woman who miraculously survived a Japanese "death march" in World War II, and of an Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, who offered to help her—even at the cost of his life. (From the Paperback edition)