Monsoon Summer: A Novel But Kit’s light skinned mother is in fact Anglo-Indian with secrets of her own, and Anto is everything she does not want for her daughter.Then Kit meets Anto, an Indian doctor finishing his medical training at Oxford. Kit Smallwood,
| TITLE | : | Monsoon Summer: A Novel |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.97 (873 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 1476725268 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 464 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2016-08-09 |
| GENRE | : |
By the award-winning author of East of the Sun, an epic love story moving from England to India, about the forbidden love between a young Indian doctor and an English midwife.Oxfordshire, 1947. Kit Smallwood, hiding a painful secret and exhausted from nursing soldiers during the Second World War, escapes to Wickam Farm where her friend is setting up a charity sending midwives to the Moonstone Home in South India.Then Kit meets Anto, an Indian doctor finishing his medical training at Oxford. But Kit’s light skinned mother is in fact Anglo-Indian with secrets of her own, and Anto is everything she does not want for her daughter.Despite the threat of estrangement, Kit is excited for the future, hungry for adventure, and deeply in love. She and Anto secretly marry and set off for South India—where Kit plans to run the maternity hospital she’s helped from afar. But Ki
EDITORIAL :
“Readers looking beyond American and British borders will relish the flavors of Gregson’s post-war India as they enjoy the story of a young woman coming to grips with a new marriage, a new life and a new land. Gregson completely understands the beauty and harshness of India, its land, culture and history. She fearlessly takes on the prejudices that existed during this era to paint an accurate portrait: an intimate glimpse into the British and Indian psyche.” (RT Reviews)
Praise for Jasmine Nights:“Julia Gregson's Jasmine Nights has all the makings of the perfect beach read: adventure, danger, international locale, historical sweep, steamy romance…utterly delicious.” (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
“Gregson, the author of East of the Sun and Band of Angels, brings a wealth of detail
REVIEW :
Never did I see any of that coming. They are more focused, optimistic and are equipped with resumes and and an action plan that make them stand out in the crowd. But the first section and the third section of the book contains too much "fluff." I believe the book could have been much better with those sections shortened and the middle section expanded (some hooks have no examples given at all, and others have some examples but they are not as specific as they could be to truly illustrate the identified "hook"). For this busy still life, Mignon imagined a squirrel releasing itself from a chain, wearing a bell collar, and munching on a walnut. Morris shows that the US FATCA legislation is what it purports to be - a means of rooting out fat cat Americans dodging taxes via overseas accounts. It would be wonderful if the publisher/author could get versions out there in Spanish, Portuguese, Ge
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