The Red Pavilion — Jean Chapman

Malaya, 1948. Liz Hammond and her mother Blanche are returning to the rubber plantation they were forced to abandon at the outbreak of war. Liz's father has arranged to meet them in Singapore, but he fails to do so and the two women have to make their way to Malaya under military protection. During the returning to her father's rubber plantation, Liz falls in love with the young guardsman assigned to her.