TY - BOOK AU - Courtenay,Bryce ED - Brissenden collection. TI - The Persimmon tree SN - 9780670070701 (hbk.) : AV - PR9619.3 .C688 P47 2007 U1 - A823.3 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Camberwell, Vic. PB - Penguin KW - World War (1939-1945) KW - fast KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Pacific Islanders KW - History KW - Fiction KW - Novel KW - English KW - Australia KW - 20th century KW - Texts KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Australian fiction KW - War stories KW - World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Region - Fiction KW - World War, 1939-1945 - Australia - Fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - Friendship - Fiction KW - Human relations - Fiction KW - Love stories KW - Campaigns KW - Indonesia KW - Java KW - Soldiers Australia Fiction KW - Friendship Fiction KW - Soldiers KW - Friendship KW - Military campaigns KW - Pacific Area KW - Family saga KW - gsafd N1 - Formerly CIP; Bibliography: p. [707]-708 N2 - A sweeping saga of love, war and friendship, set in the Pacific from the Battle of Guadalcanal (1942) to the present day. The novel follows a young Australian man's coming of age, escape from the Japanese and the friendships made that affect the rest of his life ER -