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8	Creator/NevilShute's 1950 novel tells the story of Jean Paget as a prisoner of war in Malaya during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and then her return to Malaya after the war, where she discovers something that leads her on the search for romance and to a small outback community in Australia. Adapted into a 1956 film and a 1981 miniseries.
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11	!!Contains such tropes as:
12	%%* BlitheSpirit: Jean Paget.
13	%%* TheCaretaker: Joe in Malaya, Noel in England.
14	%%* CitySlicker: Jean, both in Malaya and in the Outback.
15	%%* {{Cowboy}}: Joe does this for a living.
16	%%* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Sort of, Joe isn't a doctor but he is TheCaretaker.
17	* AFriendInNeed: Joe, the Old Japanese Soldier, and the village headman who takes them in.
18	* GoingNative: The women live out the war by picking rice in a Malayan village.
19	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Noel does this knowing he is too old for Jean. Joe does this at first thinking Jean is married.
20	%%* LandDownUnder
21	%%* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The Japanese Army.
22	%%* OfficerAndAGentleman: The first Japanese officer they meet.
23	%%* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The sadistic Japanese commandant is obsessed with being this.
24	%%* {{Rancher}}: Joe Bannock, though he didn't own it til the end.
25	* UpperClassTwit: The rubber plantation owner's wife who only thinks it necessary to learn enough Malayan to give orders to the servants.
26	%%* WastelandElder: The Malayan headman.

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