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Book SynopsisA luscious, enthralling and colourful novel of India, sure to appeal to readers of Dinah Jefferies'' THE TEA PLANTER''S WIFE. ''Beautifully written, you can smell the spices, feel the heat, and your heart will break, you will laugh at some of the things Mam says, and cry at others, you will want a sequel'' Lovereading
Shortlisted for the HWA Goldsboro Debut Crown
Eden Gardens, Calcutta, the 1940s. In a ramshackle house, streets away from the grand colonial mansions of the British, live Maisy, her Mam and their ayah, Pushpa.
Whiskey-fuelled and poverty-stricken, Mam entertains officers in the night - a disgrace to British India. All hopes are on beautiful Maisy to restore their good fortune.
But Maisy''s more at home in the city''s forbidden alleyways, eating bazaar food and speaking Bengali with Pushpa, than dancing in glittering ballrooms with potential husbands.
Then one day Maisy''s tutor falls ill. His son stands in. Poetic, hand
Trade Review
Faithfully researched, colourfully rendered... a vivid and compelling read * Sunday Irish Independent *
I was transported to the heat of India -- Janet Gilliard * Lovereading *
