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Book Review of A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice
Author: Nevil Shute
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Nice light read, much like most other of Shute's books....many set in the period just after WW2. Ordinary people going about their own business...sometimes their lives are in complete upheaval and sometimes there is a nice happy ending.

I read most of his books sitting on buses, trains and planes....about 40 years ago. Then a few years back, I was staying in my family's empty house, all alone, waiting for "that" phone call in the night....I must have left some of Shute's books from way back...found a few and I do admit they were able to take me out of myself...."Alice" was one of the more memorable ones.