A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute From Copernicus’ revolutionary claim that

From Copernicus’ revolutionary claim that the earth orbits the sun and Kepler’s development of the laws of planetary motion to Einstein’s interweaving of time and space

a new romance - has a bittersweet edge

he comes to understand how he can use the old man's remarkable principles and practical tools in good and bad times and becomes more calm and successful himself

The Swarts are gathering for Ma's funeral

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute From Copernicus’ revolutionary claim thatNevil Shutes most beloved novel, a tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading Japanese and forced on a brutal seven month death march with dozens of other women and children. A few years after the war, Jean is back in England, the nightmare behind her. However, an unexpected