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1930s/40s/60s: The second in the Bamboo trilogy
Bamboo Island
What you need to know before your trail
A stranger appears on Juliet’s plantation in Malaya, inspiring a journey to Singapore and Indonesia to uncover family secrets hidden since World War Two Juliet Crosby has lived a reclusive life on her Malayan rubber plantation since the Second World War robbed her of everyone she loved. However, the sudden appearance of a young woman from Indonesia disrupts her lonely existence and stirs up unsettling memories. Juliet is forced to recollect her prewar marriage, her wartime ordeals in Japanese-occupied Singapore and the loss of those she once held dear
Locations
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Ceylon 1938
The book opens at ceylon as the bustling dock comes to life before you very eyes. The boat is on its way to Penang and this is the first encounter with the east.
Windy Ridge Estate Malaya 1962
A big white house dominated the crest of the hill and there a lines of rubber trees and the jungle beyond. This used to be a grand place before the war but is now a faded memory of what it used to be, The nearest settlement in Kuala Lipis and even that is far away.
Juliet rarely sees anyone else apart from the rubber planter workers as she is the only one living here now
Singapore again
Nothing much seemed to have changed over the past twenty odd years.
“Being here suddenly brought it all back vividly. She was transported again to that fateful, sweltering day, stumbling weakly through the streets with Nazira, while Japanese planes swooped overhead, dropping bombs on the buildings gunning down people they say on the streets”
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Bamboo Island (Bamboo Trilogy 2 )
Author/Guide Ann Bennett Destination: Malaysia, Penang, Thailand, Singapore, Penambang, Bamboo Island
Departure Time: 1930s, 1960s, WW2
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