East of the Sun

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Autumn 1928. The Kaisar-i-Hind is en route to Bombay. In Cabin D38 Viva Holloway an inexperienced chaperone is beginning to feel as though she's made a mistake. Her advert in The Lady has resulted in three unsettling young charges to be escorted to India. Rose a beautiful dangerously naive English girl is about to be married to the cavalry officer she has met a handful of times. Victoria her bridesmaid is determined to lose her virginity en route before finding a husband of her own. And overshadowing all three the dangerously malevolent presence of Guy Glover. But nothing frightens Viva as much as her real reasons for the voyage: firstly to lead an independent life husband-less life as a writer and secondly to confront her own explosive past. Three potential Memsahibs with a multitude of reasons for leaving their homeland - but the cargo of hopes and secrets they carry can do little to prepare them for what lies ahead in India. From the parties of the wealthy Bombay socialites to the ragged orphans on Tamarind Stree --> Genre: Literary Fiction Historical