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People of the Pear Tree
Rex Shelley
Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, 2011
ISBN: 9789814346245

The Japanese forces have moved into Singapore. Their suspicion of Eurasians being sympathetic to the British has prompted them to move the Eurasians enmasse to Bahau in Malaya, where the soil is poor and malaria is rampant.

Anti-Japanese sentiment runs high and Gus Perera, buoyed by thoughts and promises of liberation made by the resistance movement, joins the Anti-Japanese Army. The turn of events, however, has made things difficult for Captain Takanashi Junichiro who is in love with Gus' sister, the beautiful Anna Perera, who must now question her own feelings - can she bring herself to love someone who is considered by all to be the enemy?

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