An edition of The breaking wave (1955)

The breaking wave

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The breaking wave
Nevil Shute, Nevil Shute
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An edition of The breaking wave (1955)

The breaking wave

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This is the same book as Requiem for a Wren.

Alan Duncan is a lawyer, recently called to the bar in England, returning home to his wealthy parents' prosperous sheep station (ranch) in Australia. He studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and fought as a pilot in World War II before being injured in action and losing both feet in an air crash. His arrival home is marred by the apparent suicide of his parents' housekeeper, a young Englishwoman called Jessie Proctor.

Alan realises that this troubled woman must have left her personal papers hidden somewhere in the event that her suicide attempt was not successful. He searches the house and happens upon a small suitcase of letters, diaries and the woman's passport. He is appalled to learn that the woman was, in fact, Janet Prentice — a former Royal Navy Wren and the former girlfriend of his dead brother Bill, and someone for whom Alan had spent considerable time searching immediately after the war. (from fadedpage.com)

Publish Date
Publisher
Morrow
Language
English
Pages
282

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Previews available in: English

Edition Availability
Cover of: Requiem for a Wren
Requiem for a Wren
1990, Mandarin Paperbacks
in English
Cover of: Requiem for a Wren (Large Print)
Requiem for a Wren (Large Print)
June 1987, Ulverscroft Large Print
Hardcover in English - Lrg edition
Cover of: Requiem for a Wren
Requiem for a Wren
1971, Pan, PAN BOOKS
Paperback
Cover of: Requiem for a wren
Requiem for a wren
1968, Heron
in English
Cover of: The breaking wave
The breaking wave: complete novel
1955, Nelson Doubleday
in English
Cover of: The breaking wave
The breaking wave
1955, Morrow
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in the British Commonwealth (except Canada) under the title Requiem for a WREN.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ3.N83 Br, PR6027.O54 Br, PR6027.054 B7

The Physical Object

Pagination
282 p.
Number of pages
282

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6175184M
LCCN
55006369
OCLC/WorldCat
292204
Library Thing
218226

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