Got it as a RAK at the European RAK group at Ravelry.

From the cover:
"High in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion, home to three people, each dreaming of another time.
The judge, broken by a world too messy for justice, is haunted by his past. His orphaned granddaughter has fallen in love with her handsome tutor, despite their different backgrounds and ideals. The cook's heart is with his son, who is working in an New York restaurant, mingling with an underclass from all over the globe as he seeks somewhere to call home.
Around the house swirl the forces of revolution and change. Civil unrest is making itself felt, stirring up inner conflicts as powerful as those dividing the community, pitting the past against the present, nationalism against love, a small place against troubles of a big world."

In the beginning I had some difficulties with the permanent changes of timeline and narrative thread, but once I got used to it, I started to like the book. Especially I loved all the odd characters like the sisters, Uncle Potty and Father Booty.
The only not so positive point is, that I would have been more interested in the current situation of the immigrants and inside India than in that of the 1980es.

Left it in the room 204.

At this moment halfwas & touches by The dreariness most of The characters have to deal with.. Good traveller's novel that gives insight to à world outside of your own! Will return it to Germany next week in Berlin!