Burma, 1945. Bea, Plum, Bubbles, Joy And Lucy: Five Young Women In Search Of Adventure, Attached To The Fourteenth Army, Fighting A Forgotten War In The Jungle. Assigned To Run A Mobile Canteen, Navigating Treacherous Roads And Dodging Hostile Gunfire, They Become Embroiled In Life-threatening Battles Of Their Own. Battles That Will Haunt The Women For The Rest Of Their Lives. Oxford, 1976. At The Height Of An Impossibly Hot English Summer, A Woman Slips Into The Ashmolean Museum And Steals Several Rare Japanese Netsuke, Including The Famed Fox-girl. Despite The Offer Of A Considerable Reward, These Tiny, Exquisitely Detailed Carvings Are Never Seen Again.london And Galway, 1999. On The Eve Of The New Millennium, Olivia, Assistant To A London-based Art Dealer, Travels To Meet Beatrix, An Elderly Widow Who Wishes To Sell Her Late Husband's Collection Of Japanese Art. Concealing Her Own Motives, Olivia Travels With Beatrix To A New Year's Eve Party, Deep In The Irish Countryside, Where Friendships Will Be Tested As Secrets Kept For More Than Fifty Years Are Spilled.inspired By The Heroic Women Who Served In The 'forgotten War' In Burma, The Fox Girl Is The Heartbreaking New Mystery By The International Bestselling Author Of The Botanist's Daughter, The Forgotten Letters Of Esther Durrant And The Silk House. Praise For Kayte Nunn:'the Stories Of Three Fascinating Women Weave Seamlessly Together In This Atmospheric Book. I Found Myself Racing Towards The Final Pages. Utterly Spellbinding' Natasha Lester'this Evocative Tale Of Mystery And Secrets Continued To Haunt Me Long After I Turned The Last Page' Joanna Nell'a Sensitive, Atmospheric And Often Heartbreaking Story Told With Real Mastery' Who Weekly'compelling Storytelling' The Australian Women's Weekly