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Three powerful novels from a prize-winning storyteller. Set before, during and after World War 2 on the beautiful Far Eastern island of Penang, these books and their memorable characters will keep you up all night reading.
The Pearl of Penang is Evie’s story—she crosses the world in 1939 to marry a man she barely knows.
In Prisoner from Penang Evie’s friend Mary is imprisoned by the Japanese and faces a trial of courage and endurance.
During the post-war Malayan Emergency, A Painter in Penang sees Evie’s daughter drawn into a world of danger and secrets from the past that will force her to grow up faster than she had expected.
“In this testament to the strength of female friendship and endurance under the harshest of conditions, Flynn has imagined the unimaginable—a dazzling achievement.” —Linda Gillard, author of The Memory Tree and House of Silence.
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