East of the Sun
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Journal Entry 1 by yorkshire-lass from Maidstone, Kent United Kingdom on Wednesday, September 26, 2018
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Amazon Editorial Review
From award winner Julia Gregson, author of Jasmine Nights, this sweeping international bestseller brilliantly captures the lives of three young women on their way to a new life in India during the 1920s.
As the Kaisar-I-Hind weighs anchor for Bombay in the autumn of 1928, its passengers ponder their fate in a distant land. They are part of the “Fishing Fleet”—the name given to the legions of English women who sail to India each year in search of husbands, heedless of the life that awaits them. The inexperienced chaperone Viva Holloway has been entrusted to watch over three unsettling charges. There’s Rose, as beautiful as she is naïve, who plans to marry a cavalry officer she has met a mere handful of times. Her bridesmaid, Victoria, is hell-bent on losing her virginity en route before finding a husband of her own. And shadowing them all is the malevolent presence of a disturbed schoolboy named Guy Glover.
From the parties of the wealthy Bombay socialites to the poverty of Tamarind Street, from the sooty streets of London to the genteel conversation of the Bombay Yacht Club, East of the Sun takes us back to a world we hardly understand but yearn to know. This is a book that has it all: glorious detail, fascinating characters, and masterful storytelling.
I read this a few years ago and really liked it.
Amazon Editorial Review
From award winner Julia Gregson, author of Jasmine Nights, this sweeping international bestseller brilliantly captures the lives of three young women on their way to a new life in India during the 1920s.
As the Kaisar-I-Hind weighs anchor for Bombay in the autumn of 1928, its passengers ponder their fate in a distant land. They are part of the “Fishing Fleet”—the name given to the legions of English women who sail to India each year in search of husbands, heedless of the life that awaits them. The inexperienced chaperone Viva Holloway has been entrusted to watch over three unsettling charges. There’s Rose, as beautiful as she is naïve, who plans to marry a cavalry officer she has met a mere handful of times. Her bridesmaid, Victoria, is hell-bent on losing her virginity en route before finding a husband of her own. And shadowing them all is the malevolent presence of a disturbed schoolboy named Guy Glover.
From the parties of the wealthy Bombay socialites to the poverty of Tamarind Street, from the sooty streets of London to the genteel conversation of the Bombay Yacht Club, East of the Sun takes us back to a world we hardly understand but yearn to know. This is a book that has it all: glorious detail, fascinating characters, and masterful storytelling.
I read this a few years ago and really liked it.
Taking to the Uncon to fulfill a wish :-)
Journal Entry 3 by Poodlesister at Walthamstow, Greater London United Kingdom on Saturday, October 6, 2018
Thanks for the wish list book! Good to see you at the Uncon.
Journal Entry 4 by Poodlesister at Walthamstow, Greater London United Kingdom on Thursday, May 23, 2019
I really enjoyed the book.
Journal Entry 5 by Poodlesister at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Monday, May 27, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (5/28/2019 UTC) at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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Going to brunton11
Arrived safely today. Thank you for the labels!
A slow burner which I enjoyed by the end.
AVL until I find a new home.
AVL until I find a new home.
Sending this book on to help stock a shelf in Lewisham station.