A Painter in Penang
A Painter in Penang is the third in the best-selling Penang series of novels set in Malaya before, during and after World War 2.
This time it’s Jasmine’s story. Jasmine Barrington is the sixteen-year-old stepdaughter of Evie the main character in The Pearl of Penang. In 1948 Jasmine is living in Nairobi in Kenya and longs to return to her birthplace of Penang.
When Jasmine is expelled from her convent school, she grasps the opportunity to stay with her mother’s friends Mary and Reggie Hyde-Underwood on the rubber estate they own high on the island of Penang.
No sooner has Jasmine arrived on Penang than hostilities break out in what is to become The Malayan Emergency – a civil war in all but name between communist insurgents and the British. Before long Jasmine is drawn into danger and heartache and uncovers a shocking secret.
A Painter in Penang is a dramatic coming of age story set against a tropical paradise torn about by a bitter and tragic civil war.
What readers are saying about A Painter in Penang
“Another absolutely amazing book! Ms. Flynn has a way of writing historical fiction that pulls you into the story and makes you fall in love with its characters.”
Cyndi
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