Three powerful novels from a prize-winning storytellerSet before, during and after World War 2 on the beautiful Far Eastern island of Penang, these books and their memorable...

A vivid and moving story of sacrifice, hope and humanity. From the best-selling author of The Pearl of Penang.After Penang is attacked by the Japanese at the end of 1941, Mary...

Since escaping his family’s notoriety in Australia Will Kidd has been content to live the life of a wanderer, but everything changes when he comes face to face with a ghost from...

They faced up to the challenges of war — but can they deal with the troubles of peace?Canadian Jim Armstrong married in haste during the Second World War after a one-night...

A heartbreaking story of love and lossIn 1875, 18-year-old would-be poet, Jack Brennan, runs away from home to avoid being pushed into the priesthood. Life soon looks rosy for...

"Following the death of my wife, I am in need of support and companionship. I am prepared to make you an offer of marriage."Evie Fraser, paid companion to a crotchety spinster,...

Two troubled people in a turbulent world.In July 1940, Gwen Collingwood drops her husband at the railway station, knowing she may never see him again. Two days later her humdrum...

Three strong women make their way in 1950s Canada English hairdresser, Ethel, is alone after the deaths of her family and her wartime fiancé. Widow and single mother, Alice,...

Sixteen-year-old Jasmine Barrington hates everything about living in Kenya and longs to return to the island of Penang in British colonial Malaya where she was born. Expulsion...

A wrenching saga of the voyage that changed their livesElizabeth Morton, born into a prosperous family, and Michael Winterbourne, a miner, come from different worlds but when...