- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (30 Nov 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140285156
- ISBN-13: 978-0140285154
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 396,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This third volume of Mollie Kaye's autobiography continues the story of her lifelong love affair with India, described so vividly in "The Sun in the Morning" and "Golden Afternoon". This text, however, begins in 1932 with Mollie, aged 24, reluctantly accompanying her parents and sister to what her father hopes will be a pleasant retirement in north China. Mollie finds herself disorientated by the social whirl of Peking, but fascinated with Chinese art and the giddy pleasure of independence as she makes a success of her painting. But the increasingly turbulent politics in China makes it an uncomfortable place for foreigners, and to the great relief of his daughters, their father decides to return to India. Later on we see Mollie move to cramped digs in London, where she begins her career as a writer - and earn enough money to return to the beloved country of her birth. She describes many happy months spent in India: travelling widely, meeting old and new friends, working during wartime, briefly falling for a "professional heart-breaker" and receiving persistent marriage proposals from a keen suitor. Finally, among the cool hills, scented blossoms and sparkling lakes of Kashmir, this chapter of her story closes as she meets the one true love of her life.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a wonderful narrative of life in India prior to and leading to the 2nd World War. Ms. Kaye has a wonderful ability to transport the reader to the canvas she is describing. This book cannot be discarded until the final sentences are read.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I had read the 2 previous volumes and was eagerly hoping there would be a third. Read it in almost one sitting. A fascinating life, brings to life how much the world, especially the Far East and Central Asia, has changed since WWI.
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