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Penguin Books, Australia, 1981. First Australian Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Two women, two worlds. Together they must risk everythingJudith Wilkes, an ambitious journalist, leaves her husband and two sons in Australia and goes to Malaysia to report on the international refugee crisis. Ten years earlier, Malaysia provided Judith with her first major career success, but also with a personal disaster that she would like to forget.While on assignment Judith encounters Minou, the manipulative young French-Vietnamese wife of a high-ranking Australian diplomat. Minou is desperate to rescue her children from Saigon, who were left behind when she fled. Judith also begins a romance with the enigmatic Indian scholar Kanan. These new loyalties throw her headlong into dramatic personal and professional dilemmas. It is on the East Malaysian coast, where the giant turtles gather to lay their eggs, that the conflict reaches its tragic, brutal climax. 286 pages. Tanning…
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- Title Turtle Beach
- Author Blanche d'Alpuget
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 287 pp.
- Publisher Penguin Putnam~trade, Australia
- Date April 30, 1992
- ISBN 9780140148794
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Penguin Books. Good. 198mm / 128mm. Paperback. 1991. 286 pages. Cover worn<br>Movie tie-in edition of this award-winni ng novel, first published in 1981, which tells the story of an am bitious journalist and her experiences in Malaysia. Other books b y the author include TWinter in Jerusalem' and TRobert J. Hawke'. .
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Penguin, Melbourne, 1991. New Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. First Impression. 287 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Moderately foxed throughout. Edges browned slightly. The cover has some crease marks but is in excellent condition overall. This book is available and will be shipped within two business days. All items are tracked and details are available on request.. Judith goes to Malaysia to report on an international refugee crisis. Through her encounters with Minou, French-Vietnamese wife of a diplomat, she is drawn into dangerous personal and political situations. It is on the coast, when turtles gather to breed, that the drama reaches its tragic climax. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Australia; ISBN: 0140148795. ISBN/EAN: 9780140148794. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No:…
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