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The Rainbow and the Rose

by Nevil Shute

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Vintage Shute. It combines both the English and Australian flying themes, as well as dream sequences that pull different time frames together. (

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MarthaJeanne | Jan 16, 2009 |

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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0345322517, Mass Market Paperback)

John Pascoe, a retired military flyer and commercial pilot, has crashed on a remote Tasmania mountain while attempting a rescue. Another pilot and friend, Ronnie Clark, volunteers to rescue the injured flyer. Through strange dreams that appear to Clark we glimpse Pascoe's past family life with its secrets.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:19 -0400)

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