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Synopsis
The story of one woman's formidable struggle for love and happiness in nineteenth century India.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
Beautiful Dinah Sassoon, daughter of an affluent opium trader and pillar of Calcuttas tight-knit Jewish community, sees her privileged future destroyed when her mother is mysteriously murdered. This tragic event leaves Dinah dishonored and virtually unmarriageable. After being thrust into a loveless marriage that soon disintegrates, she meets the irresistible Edwin Salem, who joins with her in a passionate but tempestuous union between equals. Although Dinah finds fulfillment, she must wrestle with the challengeand the crossof managing the family business: the growing and selling of opium.
Biographie de l'auteur
Gay Courter is the author of five best-selling novels including The Midwife, The Midwifes Advice, River of Dreams, Code Ezra and Flowers in Blood as well as the non-fiction works, I Speak For This Child: The True Stories of a Child Advocate and The Beansprout Book. She is also a documentary film producer and mother of three children.
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