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OverviewThe 'farm school' system, jointly sponsored by the Australian and British governments, encouraged World War II orphans to be sent by ship to Australia to start a new life under the now-notorious Assisted Passages scheme. Survival is the shared mantra of the disparate collection of characters who inhabit this novel. From Brigadier Giles Perbright (a latter day Wackford Squeers) to Jack Cooper, a Sapper who made it back from Normandy; diminutive 8-year-old Betty, a Birmingham war orphan who could run a McDonalds restaurant single-handed, and her side-kick, the itinerant Jackeroo Kiwi Lewis. Then there's ex-public schoolboy and cycle racing enthusiast Nick, his widowed Belgian refugee mother Mimi, and the cheerful dog-race-loving Doreen, running a secret underground munitions factory. Plus the octogenarian gambling grandmother Nana Belle, the solitary inhabitant of an Edwardian mansion worthy of a Philip Marlowe thriller. All intend to survive. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nick JonesPublisher: PublishNation Imprint: PublishNation Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.213kg ISBN: 9781917293891ISBN 10: 1917293895 Pages: 178 Publication Date: 26 August 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |