The Pearl of Penang, Clare Flynn
The Pearl of Penang, Clare Flynn
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The Pearl of Penang
Winner of the 2020 Selfies Adult Fiction Prize

Author: Clare Flynn

Narrator: Victoria Riley

Unabridged: 10 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/20/2020

Synopsis

"Following the death of my wife, I am in need of support and companionship. I am prepared to make you an offer of marriage."Evie Fraser, paid companion to a crotchety spinster, seems destined for a lonely life. Then out of the blue, a marriage proposal arrives by post. She met the handsome Douglas Barrington just once – at his wedding – but never forgot him. Now widowed, plantation-owner Douglas offers her a new life on the lush, exotic island of Penang. How can Evie resist?But what are Barrington’s motives in marrying Evie when he barely knows her, and why is he so hostile and moody? Evie soon finds herself pitched against Douglas on the one hand and the shallow, often spiteful world of the expatriate British on the other. Has she made the biggest mistake of her life?Flynn’s tenth novel explores love, marriage, the impact of war and the challenges of displacement – this time in a tropical paradise as the threat of the Japanese empire looms closer. 

About Clare Flynn

Award-winning author, Clare Flynn is a former global marketing director. She lives on the south coast of England. Her first novel, A Greater World, set in the Blue Mountains of Australia in the 1920s, was awarded an Indie BRAG Medallion in 2015. Kurinji Flowers, a gripping story of love and loss set in colonial India on a tea plantation in the 1930s and 40s, also gained a BRAG Award in 2015. Letters from a Patchwork Quilt, achieved a 5 Star Medallion from Readers' Favorite. The Green Ribbons is set in rural England in 1900 and has also been honored with a coveted BRAG Medallion.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren

Evie Fraser is a paid a companion for Mrs. Shipley-Thomas and after 9 years it’s so boring. When a unexpected marriage proposal arrives by post from Douglas Barrington she throws caution to the wind, this could be her only chance of getting married and she accepts. She met the handsome Douglas just......more

Goodreads review by Liza

I thoroughly enjoyed being swept back to the heat, the tropical landscape, the culture and people of Malaya prior to, and during, WWII, in Clare Flynn’s The Pearl of Penang. I especially loved how the author wove together an engaging story with well-researched details about Malaya and its rubber pla......more

Goodreads review by Allie

A very engaging story told with descriptive flair. I loved the depiction of Malaya, the weather, plants and people and Evie’s struggle to establish herself there. I am afraid many of the British ex pats don’t come out of it very well but what a delight to hear their glass shards of shrill, cutting c......more

Goodreads review by Pauline Reid

#bookreview #bookrecommendation "Following the death of my wife, I am in need of support and companionship. I am prepared to make you an offer of marriage." And this was the start of a very painful life of Evie Fraser, although she portrays a highly positive person, she gets shot down so many times......more

Goodreads review by Jane

Although I've only ever spent a couple of weeks in Penang, I feel it's a place I know well as my husband was raised not far from there and his family lived in the area from well before World War II and they would have experienced the lifestyle of the pre-war period and the horrors of the war years.......more

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