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- PublisherIsis Large Print Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0753150891
- ISBN 13 9780753150894
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages160
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The Elephant's Child (Reminiscence)
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ISIS Large Print Reminiscences Books,Oxford, 1999
ISBN 10: 0753150891
ISBN 13: 9780753150894
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Seller: East Kent Academic, Bridge, Canterbury, KENT, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First published 1977. Wife of Indian Civil Service official in Burma at outbreak of war with Germany in 1939. Then Japanese war starts. Wife travels to India alone to give birth. Book is account of her experiences at those times. Illuminating and detailed regarding the locale, life and region. Sad features of the war years. 148 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £6.60. Seller Inventory # 2541
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The Elephant's Child (Reminiscence)
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:0753150891. Seller Inventory # 8492982
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The Elephant's Child (Reminiscence) by Anderson, Christian
Seller: West Cove UK, Wellington, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> It is 1939 and the Second World Warhas just begun. Robin, a youngIndian Civil Servant, and his wifeare sent to Rangoon, Burma, andlater to Mandalay. Soon the warcatches them in Burma, and thetwenty-one year old bride, nowpregnant, must flee alone to India togive birth to her child. She lands inNew Delhi and eventually her babyis safely born at a clinic on thefoothills of the Himalayas.This is not a war diary, but a verypersonal account of a young womanliving in India and Burma in a timeof stress and deprivation. It is anilluminating, detailed, fascinatingdescription of the locale and life ofthose regions. It is also a verytouching description of the personalexperiences of an Englishwomanliving in those lands during the firstthree years of the Second World War. Seller Inventory # Batch-FM168-VG-4096
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