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Of Marriageable Age - Sharon Maas

 
Description: ISBN 0006513255 / Author: Sharon Maas / Genre: Fiction / Harper Collins

Newest Review: ... the main characters. Chief among these are Savriti, the daughter of the servants of David's parents and their own special ... more

 ... friendship which leads to a doomed love-affair. Then there is Saroj(ini), the daughter of Savriti, whose life as a teenager in a strict Indian family leads her to rebellion, and brings her into the conflict of African Americans and Indians in the Guyana uprisings. Ultimately though, it's still a love-story that spans a life-time of the main characters. Characters. ^^^^^^^^^^^ This is one of those rare books that are driven by both the plot and the characters. It's not an easy thing to do, but the author manages t...more

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Once again I've found another new author, a woman with vision, strength and a powerful imagination. Sharon Maas was born in Guyana in 1951, educated there and later in England. As a journalist she lived in India for some time and also in her birth-place of Guyana. She is now married with two children and lives in Germany. This is her first novel, though she has since written another three. If you want to know more about the author, then she has her own website. When introducing a new author, I like to give some basic background. This is a natural progression from the book, where the author is drawing in part from her own life. For a first novel this is ...  Read the complete review

 

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