A compelling glimpse into a captivatingly exotic world of myth and magic. Beguiled by promises of wealth, fourteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and marriage to a man many years her senior. But Ayah has lied to her and her family about his circumstances and in fact he lives in poverty. A woman of formidable energy and intelligence, Lakshmi provides security, if not luxury, for her family, though at a considerable emotional cost. Then the Japanese army invades during WWII. The family bears deep scars and inflicts those wounds on the next generation. But in Nisha, Lakshmi's great-granddaughter, it is as if Fate has come full circle . . .
ISBN: | 9781444706581 |
Publication date: | 13th May 2010 |
Author: | Rani Manicka |
Publisher: | Hodder Paperback an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 608 pages |
Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |