The Last Reunion

<p><b>Friendships will be tested when five women come together at a New Year's Eve party after decades apart, in this thrilling story based on a brave group of WWII servicewomen, by the bestselling… Lue lisää <p><b>Friendships will be tested when five women come together at a New Year's Eve party after decades apart, in this thrilling story based on a brave group of WWII servicewomen, by the bestselling author of <i>The Silk House <p/><b>Burma, 1945. <b>Bea, Plum, Bubbles, Joy and Lucy: in search of adventure, attached to the Fourteenth Army, fighting a forgotten war in the jungle. Assigned to run a mobile canteen, they become embroiled in life-threatening battles of their own. <p/><b>Oxford, 1976. A woman steals several rare Japanese netsuke from a museum. Despite the offer of a considerable reward, these tiny, exquisitely detailed carvings are never seen again. <p/><b>London and Galway, 1999. On the eve of the new millennium, <b>Olivia, assistant to an art dealer, and <b>Beatrix, an elderly widow who wishes to sell her late husband's collection of Japanese art, travel to a party deep in the Irish countryside, where secrets kept for more than fifty years are spilled. <p/>Inspired by the heroic women who served in the 'forgotten war' in Burma, <b><i>The Last Reunion is a heartbreaking love story and mystery by the international bestselling author of <b><i>The Botanist's Daughter and <b><i>The Silk House. <p/>'This is very good commercial historical fiction, well-crafted and well-informed. It pulls no punches about wartime violence, and Kayte Nunn has some thoughtful points to make about the nature and endurance of women's friendships' <i><b>Sydney Morning Herald
'Absolutely magnificent. Includes all of my favourite things: art, female friendship and courageous women discovering their true heart and soul against a backdrop of war' <b>NATASHA LESTER
'Evocative writing from the horrors of war and the deep life scars derived from it, melded with real tenderness, a cleverly worked and beguiling plot and memorable characters, render this book as quite simply, a superlative read - and the twist in the tale, perfect' <b>Christopher Bantick, <i>Weekly Times
'Several things are true about Kayte Nunn's novels: you will laugh, you will cry, you will learn something, and you'll be reluctant to leave her characters behind. This is all especially true of <i>The Last Reunion, an uplifting story about the power of love, memory and determination that moves between World War II and the recent past' <b>SOPHIE GREEN
'I couldn't put it down. Fascinating. I love the empowerment that these ladies gain' <b>FIONA PALMER