This story comes from Calcutta, India in the 1940's where there was great change on the cards which caused much turbulence and unrest. The story follows Maisy who walks through the Eden Gardens, through her eyes seeing the things that she has had to deal with, being born white in India at this time was not easy. Her father dies early on in life and you see how she and her mother deal with his passing . With her mother wrapped up in herself, Maisy has to start fending for herself, skipping school and roaming the streets is not a good start to life. So when a tutor is brought to her home , she catches the tutor's eye and heart.
Sunil a man of great strength and strongly believes that the British need to leave India and will anything to achieve this , no matter the cost. Maisy no having a father around when growing up follows Sunil everywhere not knowing what she is getting her self into , but fate takes a different path towards Gordon Macbrayne .
This story is wrote with great deep and realism, I actually felt I was living there. A great read so go grab a copy.
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