TheInheritance of Loss by Desai, Kiran ( Author ) ON Jun-07-2007, Paperback
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In the foothills of the Himalayas sits a once grand, now crumbling house – home to three people and a dog. There is the retired judge dreaming of colonial yesterdays: his orphaned granddaughter Sai who has fallen for her clever maths tutor: the cook, whose son Biju writes untruthful letters home from New York City: and Mutt, the judge’s beloved dog. Around the house swirls mountain mist – but also the forces of revolution and change. For a new world is clashing with the old, and the future offers both hope and betrayal …
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In the foothills of the Himalayas sits a once grand, now crumbling house – home to three people and a dog. There is the retired judge dreaming of colonial yesterdays: his orphaned granddaughter Sai who has fallen for her clever maths tutor: the cook, whose son Biju writes untruthful letters home from New York City: and Mutt, the judge’s beloved dog. Around the house swirls mountain mist – but also the forces of revolution and change. For a new world is clashing with the old, and the future offers both hope and betrayal …
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