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Love & friendship The Last Reunion by Kayte Nunn, Hachette The women soldiers of the WWII Burma campaign were forgotten fighters. Nunn’s superb segueing skills bring to life three recruits and their commander, at a New Year’s Eve 1999, 55 years reunion. Calcutta 1944, rich Beatrix sits out the war rolling bandages. But when Bubbles and Plum sign up for mobile canteen duty, Bea enlists too. London 1999, Aussie Olivia is despatched by her art dealer boss to Bea Pelham’s mansion to finalise the sale of rare netsuke (valuable Japanese ivory, amber, coral sash toggles). When Olivia gets stranded at Bea’s remote mansion, the women forge a firm bond. In Oxford in 1976, a woman had stolen these netsuke from an unlocked cabinet at Ashmolean Museum. Sisterhood The Affair by…

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The Australian Women's Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2021

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