ASIN: B019QFL698
Publisher: Lume Books
Pages: 402
Amid the strict social conventions of 1920s Singapore, four young people struggle to rise from the chaos of the Great War … Alex Beresford, the unwilling heir to a shipping-line had been prevented from fighting by his family and is suffocated by his overbearing and suspicious parents. Now he burns with the fire of rebellion and seeks any challenge that will bring him the excitement and danger he missed. None of the prim society girls in Singapore are of interest to him and as well as being bored, he is lonely and sees no way out from the duties forced upon him.Martin Linwood, scarred by the physical and mental wounds of war, is a man who had done all the things Alex would give his soul to experience. He faces an uncertain future terrified by his sense of isolation until Lydia, Alex’s over-protected young sister, suddenly finds herself drawn to him.And into their lives comes Dorothea du ...
