Requiem for a Wren (G K Hall Audio Books)

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Summary: Loved it!
Review: I have just discovered Nevil Shute and I love his works. This book may start off a little slow in the first chapter (as all his seem to do) but it is an incredible story. I highly recommend it!

Rating:
Summary: Loved it!
Review: I have just discovered Nevil Shute and I love his works. This book may start off a little slow in the first chapter (as all his seem to do) but it is an incredible story. I highly recommend it!

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Summary: Truly Nevil Shute; one of his best!
Review: I have recently discovered Nevil Shute, and what a find! I highly recommend this book. It's a story that takes place during WWII when a man returns home to australia to find that his parents' parlor maid has committed suicide. As he searches for her identity he reminisces about the war and the people he met.

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Summary: One of his best
Review: I have recently discovered Nevil Shute, and what a find! I highly recommend this book. It's a story that takes place during WWII when a man returns home to australia to find that his parents' parlor maid has committed suicide. As he searches for her identity he reminisces about the war and the people he met.

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Summary: Great WWII love story set in Australia/ironic twists.
Review: One of Nevil Shute's best stories, second only to Town Like Alice -his greatest book (and wonderful film!) Story is during and after WWII, with lots of good descriptions of the desolate center of Australia interlaced with a beautiful love story of two people trying to find each other. The two main characters are very likeable, you root for them - but there is a very unpexpected twist towards the end of the book. The "wren" is not a bird, but a Royal Naval Nurse. I have read this book 3 or 4 times over 25 years and I highly recommend it, although it is difficult to find outside of England. It is easy to read, and would be a good book to take on a vacation or plane trip Another good Nevil Shute book is "Trustee from a Toolroom" - guys would enjoy this one, gals would like "Requiem for a Wren".

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Summary: Truly Nevil Shute; one of his best!
Review: The story of Alan Duncan begins with his return to Coombargana, a sheep farming station in the Western District of Australia. On the day before his return, the trusted parlour maid on the station, of whom his parents were very fond, died in her room unexpectedly, causing an awkward homecoming

Beginning with the pursuit of a law degree at Oxford University, the years of Alan's absence from family and homeland taught him very much, very quickly. Not surprising, he is drawn into World War-II action as a fighter pilot, risking all he has in life, just like his younger brother Bill.

Also like his brother, he is attracted to the same English girl, Janet Prentice, a WREN on active duty, assigned to maintenance of ordinance used in preparation of the D-Day invasion. The terrible war has left each one with terrible losses, of which the consequences carry the reader through Alan's quest to find Janet in the years that follow its ending in 1945.

In London, Viola Dawson, Janet's friend, is Alan's greatest source of information to lead him through his search. Where will he ultimately find her in this world that both separates and binds together those on opposite sides of the globe?

A terriffic story, beautifully written; also published under the title "The Breaking Wave."

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Summary: One of Shute's best stories, keeps the reader involved.
Review: This is one of Shute's best, an old-fashioned love story and suspense tale linked to the Australian countryside of post WWII. Not wishing to reveal the plot, I will only say that a young Australian returns home after the War to find that a young woman has recently died in his parents' home under mysterious circumstances. He tries to unravel her identity and he is in for a shock - all is not as it seems. Gives the reader an insight into central Australian life just after WWII,with the hardships and battles with droughts, fires and isolation of the sheep ranches. Anyone who enjoyed "A Town Like Alice" would enjoy this one.