The Persimmon Tree (Audiobook)

from irunsjh

This was a pretty good book. On par with other works by this author. I liked the characters that he creates, they are very believable, if sometimes jump into things to easily. I think Anna is one of these characters, she just seems to take whatever is thrown her way, good or bad. To me I think so...

from dannN

Bryce Courtenay became one of my favourite authors after I read his first novel "The Power of One", but I must confess that I went off him after reading "Tandia'. I am delighted to say that "The Persimmon Tree" has really put him back on my bookshelf!. The Persimmon Tree is a love story with lots...

from irunsjh

This was a pretty good book. On par with other works by this author. I liked the characters that he creates, they are very believable, if sometimes jump into things to easily. I think Anna is one of these characters, she just seems to take whatever is thrown her way, good or bad. To me I think so...

from yosbooks

Reading this book felt like reading three books in one. The first is Nick's adventures in Indonesia just as the Dutch were fleeing and his voyage via the Vlermuis to Australia. The second is about Anna's life during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia. The third is Nick's war adventures and post...

from booklovers2

Very entertaining and engaging story of a young man (butterfly collector turned soldier), who falls in love with a Dutch/Asian young woman at the start of the Japanese invasion of the spice islands. A coming of age, mixed with explicit events of the war and love lost, love found.