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Average rating: 4.32 · 31,259 ratings · 1,327 reviews · 18 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Orphan House 4.09 avg rating — 6,660 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lake Pavilion 4.28 avg rating — 3,568 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tea Planter's Club 4.45 avg rating — 2,439 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Planter's Wife 4.38 avg rating — 2,202 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Child Without a Home 4.55 avg rating — 2,007 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Amulet 4.35 avg rating — 1,915 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Orphan List (The World War Two Orphanage, #1) 4.60 avg rating — 1,756 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lake Palace 4.28 avg rating — 1,831 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lake Pagoda 4.30 avg rating — 1,434 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bamboo Road: The Homecoming (Echoes of Empire: A collection of standalone novels set in the Far East during WWII) 4.28 avg rating — 1,342 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jai Sixth!: 6th Queen Elizabeth's own Gurkha Rifles 1817–1994

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“riverbank towards her; women and children, mothers and fathers, grandparents, babies. They came with all their belongings strapped to their backs, slung over shoulders, or pulled along in makeshift carts. Some carried babies, children, and even old people on their backs. Many were very thin, dressed in filthy rags, their bodies and clothes matted with dirt. To her surprise, some of them were dressed in finery. Dinner jackets and evening gowns, now torn and streaked with mud. As they advanced along beside the river and drew level with Olive,”
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