Synopsis
Rumer Goddens story is of a family whose relationships with each other are as fragile and complicated as their relationships with India and her people. But just as the cracks and holes in the house they live in are papered over, somehow they manage to sustain the impression of respectability to the outside world. That is until the death of Emilys beloved dog forces them to confront their differences and ultimately plunges them into outright war.
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Rumer Godden was one of Britain's most distinguished authors with many justly famous and much-loved books for both adults and children to her credit, including Black Narcissus. The Greengage Summer and The Peacock Spring. She was awarded the OBE in 1993 and died in 1998.
Review
'Compassionate wisdom and serene understanding... with each book she writes Miss Godden's position as one of the finest of living English novelists becomes more secure' - Orville Prescott; 'One of our best and most captivating novelists' - Philip Hensher
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