| Authors: |
Thomas, Rosie.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
India -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Married people -- Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Kashmir. -- Fiction.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Overlook Press, 2013. |
| Description: |
468 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781468302462 1468302469 |
| Notes: |
Originally published: London : HarperCollins, 2011. |
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| Rating: |
4 out of 5: They liked it |
| Community reviews |
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the kashmir shawl by lezebuks |
| interesting story giving a good insight in indian life, customs, food, traditions. |
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| Summary: |
It is the eve of 1941 and World War II is engulfing the globe. Newlywed Nerys Watkins leaves rural Britain to accompany her husband on a missionary posting to India, but when he leaves her in the exotic lakeside city of Srinagar to take on a complicated mission elsewhere, she discovers a new world. Here, in the heart of Kashmir, the British dance, flirt, and gossip against the backdrop of war and Nerys soon becomes caught up in a dangerous liaison. By the time she is reunited with her husband, she is a different woman. |