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    Of Marriageable Age
    Of Marriageable Age
    Of Marriageable Age
    Audiobook18 hours

    Of Marriageable Age

    Written by Sharon Maas

    Narrated by Anne Flosnik

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    A spellbinding story of forbidden love. Three continents, three decades, three very disparate lives:

    Savitri, intuitive and charismatic, grows up among the servants of a pre-war English household in Madras. But the traditional customs of her Brahmin family clash against English upper-class prejudice, threatening her love for the privileged son of the house.

    Nataraj, raised as the son of an idealistic doctor in rural South India, finds life in London heady, with girls and grass easily available . . . until he is summoned back home to face raw reality.

    Saroj, her fire hidden by outward reserve, comes of age in Guyana, South America. When her strict, orthodox Hindu father goes one step too far, she finally rebels against him and even against her gentle, apparently docile Ma.

    But Ma harbors a deep secret, one that binds these three disparate lives and hurtles them toward a truth that could destroy their world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 20, 2015
    ISBN9781494578787
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    Sharon Maas

    Sharon Maas is the author of more than ten novels, which span continents, cultures, and eras, from the sugar plantations of colonial British Guiana to the present-day brothels of Mumbai. Born into a prominent political family in Guyana, she was educated in England, Guyana, and Germany and worked as a journalist before beginning her career as a novelist.

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    • 5/5
      This is a wonderfully crafted tale that explores Indian culture and tradition through the life of multiple generations of a family living in India and Guyana, and their strict adherence to or rebellion against the deep-rooted customs of the Indian people with respect to love and marriage and their interactions with other cultures. The story and its characters are richly developed, and the author is quite clever in her delivery, revealing just enough delicious details to keep the reader satisfied, but leaving just enough mystery and intrigue to keep them wanting more. I was completely immersed in this book right from the start, and would highly recommend it to everyone.
    • 5/5
      A wonderful story set in India & Guyana (South America). A story of three people across three decades, of forbidden love and intertwined dramas. I was totally lost in It from the moment I picked it up, it painted vivid pictures in my mind that have stayed with me always. This is a wonderful book, one of my all time favourite reads _ I have recommended it to everyone.
    • 5/5
      This was a wonderful, beautiful book. The descriptions were so rich, and the characters fully developed, flaws and all. It is a love story fueled by tragedy and spanning generations.I highly recommend this book.