{"product_id":"the-last-reunion-paperback-3","title":"The Last Reunion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKayte Nunn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFriendships 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Silk House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBurma, 1945\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eBea, Plum, Bubbles, Joy and Lucy\u003c\/b\u003e: 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOxford, 1976\u003c\/b\u003e. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLondon and Galway, 1999\u003c\/b\u003e. On the eve of the new millennium, \u003cb\u003eOlivia\u003c\/b\u003e, assistant to an art dealer, and \u003cb\u003eBeatrix\u003c\/b\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by the heroic women who served in the 'forgotten war' in Burma, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Reunion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a heartbreaking love story and mystery by the international bestselling author of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Botanist's Daughter \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Silk House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'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' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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' \u003cb\u003eNATASHA LESTER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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' \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bantick, \u003ci\u003eWeekly Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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 \u003ci\u003eThe Last Reunion\u003c\/i\u003e, an uplifting story about the power of love, memory and determination that moves between World War II and the recent past' \u003cb\u003eSOPHIE GREEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I couldn't put it down. Fascinating. I love the empowerment that these ladies gain' \u003cb\u003eFIONA PALMER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKayte Nunn is a former book and magazine editor, and the author of six previous novels, including the international bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Botanist's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaughter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Silk House \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Last Reunion\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Botanist's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e was the 2020 winner of the Winston Graham Historical Fiction Prize. Kayte lives in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. 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