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The Wonder House
Justine Hardy
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Description for The Wonder House
Paperback. Three women live on The Wonder House, a boat moored on Nagin Lake, and carved from the great cedars that watch over the Kashmir Valley. Suriya is mute, and carries a terrible secret. Her daughter, Lila, wants to escape the past, and live a different kind of life. But together, they tend to Gracie, a defiant Yorkshirewoman. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 172 x 28. Weight in Grams: 360.
'Hardy's evident intimacy with and affection for the troubled landscape and people of her novel lend The Wonder House an air of distinction' - The Times
Three women live on The Wonder House, a boat moored on Nagin Lake, and carved from the great cedars that watch over the Kashmir Valley. Suriya is mute, and carries a terrible secret. Her daughter, Lila, wants to escape the past, and live a different kind of life. But together, they tend to Gracie, a defiant Yorkshirewoman living out her widowhood by the lake. A military coup over the border brings violence crashing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843544340
SKU
V9781843544340
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10
About Justine Hardy
Justine Hardy has spent much of the past fifteen years based in India as a writer, journalist and documentary maker. She has worked and written for papers ranging from the Australian via the Indian Express to the Financial Times. Her first book, The Ochre Border was about the reopening of the Tibetan frontierlands. Her second, Scoop wallah: Life on a ... Read more
Reviews for The Wonder House
"A heartbreaking book... the love story seems to mirror the complicated political struggle surrounding it and the ending is so painful, like Romeo and Juliet... A huge achievement.'
Joanna Lumley
'A rare book - subtle, sensitive, sensual'
Achmat Dangor
'Hardy's evident intimacy with and affection for the troubled landscape and people of her novel lend The ... Read more
Joanna Lumley
'A rare book - subtle, sensitive, sensual'
Achmat Dangor
'Hardy's evident intimacy with and affection for the troubled landscape and people of her novel lend The ... Read more