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The Kashmir Shawl

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Spanning decades and moving from the stark beauty of the Welsh landscape to the Himalayas and Kashmir, this is a story of bravery, courage and love.Within one exotic land lie the secrets of a lifetime…Newlywed Nerys Watkins leaves rural Wales for the first time in her life, to accompany her husband on a missionary posting to India. Travelling from lonely Ladakh, high up in...more

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Published July 1st 2011 by HarperCollins (first published January 1st 2011)

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Aug 05, 2012 Jeffrey rated it 2 of 5 stars

The first chapter is a struggle and you'll have to turn pages to get past it with a yawn but when you get to 1940s India the novel takes off.

Wonderful descriptions and upper and middle class people we can engage with - if stereotyped - and you really get a feel for life on the lake in that time. Gripping and atmospheric and something to learn.

But then you go back to the present... All we want to do is get back to the past.

You might just skim through this and read about the 1940s...

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May 08, 2012 DubaiReader rated it 4 of 5 stars

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An historic saga set in Kashmir.

It took me a little while to get into this book at first. Some of the descriptions were a bit dense and the swapping of time scales caused some initial confusion. However, once I had become familiar with the characters they started to feel like friends, particularly those from the 1940's time frame.

The central 'character' is a very valuable, finely woven and intricately embroidered Kashmiri shawl, found by Mair while clearing out her parents' posessions after her...more

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May 04, 2013 Sarahr rated it 3 of 5 stars

I picked up this book on the strength of reading White, by the same author. As in White, Thomas has a remarkable ability to create a sense of place. I've been to Ladakh several times and this book is spot on in its depiction of life there today, and fascinating in its portrayal of life in the 1940's. My own family were living in India at the time, so it was a insight into what life must have been for them.

The book does drag on for too long towards the end, but I liked the parallels between the...more

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Apr 25, 2013 Manish Purohit rated it 3 of 5 stars

The books is a nice representation of one's search to unearth her family secrets / ties. The best part of this work by Rosie Thomas lies in her descriptions of the lush landscape and vibrant culture that is alluring in the back drop of beautiful Kashmir. The whole story alternates between the current journey of an independent Welsh Woman (Mair Ellis) in Kashmir to know about her grandparents roots & her remarkable grandmother's (Nerys) life just after World War II days.

While clearing her pa...more

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Apr 23, 2013 Elizabeth (Stuffed Shelves) rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is a story of a grandmother and a granddaughter who travel the same roads, but in different time period. Mair finds a shawl made of kashmir, and a lock of hair, in her fathers belongings after he passes away. Curiosity grabs a hold of Mair causing her search back to where it came from. She knows that her grandparents were Welsh missionaries in India before and during World War II, so she packs up and sets out for India.

The beginning of this book is a bit misguided. I am not sure what the a...more

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Feb 20, 2013 Fran rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Kashmir Shawl
Rosie Thomas

Two women travel the same road but in different time periods in search of their own identity. Mair begins her journey when her father passes away and within his effects she finds a shawl made of Kashmir. The intricate weaving and the story told within the tattered folds of this woven shawl create a tapestry within it that holds a story about the past. As she tries to read his piece and understand each design in the hope of learning more about her grandmother and her...more The Kashmir Shawl
Rosie Thomas

Two women travel the same road but in different time periods in search of their own identity. Mair begins her journey when her father passes away and within his effects she finds a shawl made of Kashmir. The intricate weaving and the story told within the tattered folds of this woven shawl create a tapestry within it that holds a story about the past. As she tries to read his piece and understand each design in the hope of learning more about her grandmother and her life. But, Mair’s journey is about to begin as she travels to India, visits places that many would love to see today and experiences first hand how a magnificent Pashmina is made, the weaving, the way the sheep are treated and the landscape that covers that country drawing her in from the start. As she becomes more familiar with the country she meets a young woman named Karen who befriends her, as she is frustrated with her young daughter’s behavior and Mair with her acrobatics manages to surprise not only the young child but the mother too. Then the story flashed back to 1941 and we meet Nerys her grandmother whose life is not that much different than hers as she too finds herself trapped in an isolated world controlled by her husband a Reverend devoted to his work. Both women winding up in Srinagar: Mair on her journey to learn more about her past and Nerys with her new found friends to find her present. When things get tough she invites houseguests in order to ease their way and as a result she and the wife become fast friends. When Evan, her husband needs to explore more places for his mission, he encourages her to journey with them and spend some time. With the weather bad, the way hazardous both women wind up in the same place but during different times.

With the advent of WWII and the rise of Germany causing problems for some, things begin to change for one woman and the other will explore more as she receives a compelling photo from her brother linking her present to the story from the past. As Mair and Bruno, Karen’s husband wanted to visit a special cemetery and see a certain memorial something seems to spark between them. Telling him about her life and sharing her experiences with him realizing he was a good listener. When Lotus, Karen’s daughter is attacked by a dog things begin to change as her life is in danger. The story then moves to Nerys and Myrtle in the past as they are enjoying Things changed the some young women had to deal with men being away fighting in the war and then Nerys learns that Evan was not going to join for quite some time. The social classes seem the same as people judge you by appearances, wealth and status even back then. Beggars on the street, learning more about the people, losing sight of where she was and dealing with hostilities Neyrs she learned many new lessons in life. A chance encounter with a magician named Rainer would change this greatly for her. But, another friend whose husband is in the service finds herself dealing with a tenuous situation but can it be solved and will she decide on a different route?

The story flashes to Mair and her concern for Lotus. But, she was on a quest and when she enlisted the help of a young Muslim she begins by telling him her story and then he relates the history of Srinagar and more about Kashmir. But, tragedy strikes as Mair prepares to meet someone that might just connect the dots to her past. The past becomes the present as we flash back again and learn more about Neyrs. During her time away and after meeting Myrtle she learned much about men and women and she began to understand an entirely different way of life. When with Rainer she came alive what about Evan?

Learning more about Caroline Bowen who comes into light in the present we learn about her indiscretions as we meet her in the present along with Mair. Her life changed and her feelings for one man were turned to another as Nyers came alive. A powerful novel that spans many different time periods and war that would change the complexion of so many lives. Two women caught in a web of their own. One finding freedom and the other finding her past. As Mair talks about Karen and Bruno and their lives dome together again. Both women traveling to Leh and both pasts coming to the present. Then Evan returns and he life was no longer the same just what will she do? But, there is another story that of Caroline, her infidelity and the beautiful child that so many others helped her care for keeping her secret when her husband returned form war.

Ravi, Ralph, Archie, Evan and so many others caught up in the times and so many women torn between two different worlds. Lies, deceit, betrayals and much more encompass the world of so many. Ravi turns on someone that cares about him and secrets that some hope will never be revealed. We move to 1945 and the end of the war and Nerys and Rainer. Even though her life remained the same in some aspects it did changed in others as her relationship with Rainer continued but in a different way. When all of the threads of the shawl fit together you won’t believe where the final pieces wind up.

As Mair brings the shawl where it really belongs we learn more about the fate of so many. Just where did Rainer wind up and did he desert her? What about Prita and what about Zahra when she learns the truth? The past comes full circle in the present as both Bruno and Mair face end together and the final revelations will keep the reader glued to the printed page to find out just why this Kashmir Shawl was so precious.

A story told in the voices of both Mair and Nerys with the lives of others intertwined. An ending that will surprise you and a young woman whose past finally just might become her present. For Mair some things just might never change and the folds of the shawl when unwrapped tell an amazing story.

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Feb 17, 2013 E rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Kashmir Shawl, written by Rosie Thomas, opens with Mair Ellis and her siblings going through their deceased father's home in present day North Wales. The discovery of an exquisite Indian made shawl and an envelope containing a lock of hair ignites Mair's curiosity to uncover their history. How had they become part of her father's possessions? Nerys Watkins, Mair's grandmother, died before Mair was born. Nerys and her husband, Evan, had served as missionaries in India in the 1940's and Mair t...more

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Jan 19, 2013 Maureen Timerman rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013

What a story Rosie Thomas was written, she had me walking with the Characters through the streets in India. I could almost smell the goats, as was described. We experience the life with the Raj, and the slums.
The story begins with the death of her father, Mair finds a beautiful Kashmir Shawl among the belongings. She also finds an old envelope with some hair stored in it. Thus begins her quest for answers, and her trip to India.
There are actually two stories told here, some of it we know but Ma...more

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Jan 15, 2013 Becky Haase rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas
I loved this book. The writing is gorgeous. I found myself rereading passages to savor the words. That is, until I got caught up in the story! Now I am planning to reread the book so I can appreciate the writing skill that is so evident.
The characters are real. The conversations are real. The situations the characters find themselves in are real. The only flaw (if it is a flaw) is that all of the ends are tied up so neatly – especially Farida and Zahra – that on...more The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas
I loved this book. The writing is gorgeous. I found myself rereading passages to savor the words. That is, until I got caught up in the story! Now I am planning to reread the book so I can appreciate the writing skill that is so evident.
The characters are real. The conversations are real. The situations the characters find themselves in are real. The only flaw (if it is a flaw) is that all of the ends are tied up so neatly – especially Farida and Zahra – that one was just too pat.
The differing marriages that are explored would make a great topic for book groups – what makes a marriage or fail, what is a failed marriage, how are marriages different, what forces do family and culture play on marriage, who is responsible for making a marriage work, etc.
I learned a lot about India that changed my perspective on the current situation with China, Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan. I also enjoyed learning a bit about World War II and British India.
There were times when I would have appreciated a glossary of the Indian terms and occasions used in the book. I wondered what “afternoon bread” was and how it differed from other breads. A map would have been helpful – I printed one off the Internet, but, of course, not all of the places mentioned were on any one map and trying to overlay them just didn’t work.
I would strongly recommend this book to book groups that are interested in family issues, history, ethnic culture, mystery and just great writing. I could not decide if this was “women’s” fiction, historical fiction, romance, and finally decided literary fiction was the most accurate.
I have a pashima from my daughter’s two and a half years living in Kazakhstan – of course not nearly as elegant or beautiful as Nerys’ - but even with only two colors, the design woven in fine wool threads on my shawl, is different on the two sides so I can appreciate the intricacy of the “Kashmir Shawl” described in the book.
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Oct 09, 2012 Michelle rated it 3 of 5 stars

I'm going through a bit of a rough time at the moment and usually find escaping into a book helps. And this one did...after a while. As the other reviewers have noted, it's long, and to be honest, takes a while to get up steam, to warm to the characters and their situations.

Mair is 30, single and not particularly career minded. So the discovery of a mystery shawl after her father's death gives her a purpose. She leaves for India to research the shawl, only knowing that her grandparents were Wels...more

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Sep 09, 2012 Bianca Rita Cataldi rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Alla base di questo romanzo c'è un tessuto, e come tessuto si dipana la storia di Mair e della sua famiglia, filo dopo filo, intreccio dopo intreccio.
Sotto uno strato di fragile carta velina, Mair trova un antico scialle che era appartenuto a sua nonna. Quest'ultima, quand'era in vita, aveva trascorso diversi anni in India, dove operava come missionaria. La scoperta di Mair la porta a riflettere sulle sue origini, sulle sue radici che affondano in una terra affascinante e per lei sconosciuta: l'...more

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Jun 05, 2012 Parita rated it 5 of 5 stars

Starting with the discovery of a Kashmir shawl in her childhood home in Wales, Mair embarks on a journey to discover the past of her late grandmother, Nerys to learn about hidden family secrets, and solving a puzzle that had become stagnant in time. Spaning decades and international boundries, this tsory flows through the fun filled Raj days in India, the war crisis in 1945 and post war changes in lives of people who were at home away from home, the missionaries and Raj employees in India. This...more

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May 09, 2012 Anshul rated it 4 of 5 stars

There is an unbelievable authenticity about this book as the story and the description of the life in Kashmir in the 1940s unfolds.It might pass off as total imagination to non-Kashmiris and to someone who has not lived in the valley for a good period of time.Totally out of a picture.
The story is brilliant and captures one's curiosity.The sinusoidal pattern of Nerys' story in 1940s and Mair's quest in the present day is beautifully presented.The vivid description of the backdrop and the sounds a...more There is an unbelievable authenticity about this book as the story and the description of the life in Kashmir in the 1940s unfolds.It might pass off as total imagination to non-Kashmiris and to someone who has not lived in the valley for a good period of time.Totally out of a picture.
The story is brilliant and captures one's curiosity.The sinusoidal pattern of Nerys' story in 1940s and Mair's quest in the present day is beautifully presented.The vivid description of the backdrop and the sounds and sights of Leh,Srinagar and folks,culture, the atmosphere and the personality of the characters are distinctly captured in words by Rosie Thomas. It is absolutely amazing how a spectrum of issues can be highlighted in the same story held by a common thread; ecological issue such as the diminishing population of vultures as a result of feeding on carcasses of animals dosed with Diclofenac and resultant increase in deaths by rabid bites by feral dogs, the alarming issue of the diminishing traditional craft of intricate hand embroidery giving way to mechanised design of shawls, the stark economic disparity in Kashmir in the past and present, the unending political turmoil and social unrest, to name some. In a nutshell what defines a lost paradise, the unparalleled natural beauty is contrasted by instability and lack of sustained progress , all very well suggested in the novel.The impact of European missionaries and the British is undeniable and permanently imprinted on Kashmir in the aspects of school education, lifestyle and social conduct. Apart from keeping the reader entertained with some light passages and the good life in Srinagar under the 'Raj' in general, this book with definitely strike a chord especially with women.
The loveliest feature of the book is the exploration of relationships and acknowledging true feelings with honesty.Friendship,love,motherhood,conscious frivolity, relationships that feel like the "oxygen of independence" as descibed by the author are explored in beautiful accounts. Frequent use of local terms dear to the kashmiris like kangri,pheran ,shikaras and kani and references to the local baker baking fresh sesame rolls, steaming mutton stew, the lake, mughal gardens and the inner alleys of the city make this a special one to me as it sure will to everyone who has lived there.
The story in itself is captivating and a page turner.
This is a brilliantly researched work and just couldn't have been written in a better way!(less)

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Dec 26, 2011 Bowerbird rated it 4 of 5 stars

I do admire authors who have researched their books well and give a true flavour of places they write about.
This book has two main storylines in it: the modern heroine Mair's adventures in India as she unravels the story of her grandmother, and that of Nerys, the grandmother, a missionary's wife who lived in Kashmir before the war and Independence.
I read the book while on holiday in Sydney visiting our daughter. On the day I finished it, my husband got talking to a lady running a stall in a sh...more

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Apr 23, 2013 Elizabeth (Stuffed Shelves) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Feb 11, 2013 Laurel Seppala-etra rated it 4 of 5 stars

I have never read anything by this author before, but I will again, as I enjoyed this book. Historical fiction, set in Kashmir, northwest India during the 1930s/40s, and the present day. I have been enchanted by India for many years, and this book did not disappoint. The settings made me feel as if was there, and I enjoyed the characters. There is not too much history but just enough to get a sense of the times. More, it is the story of Mair who searches for her grandmother's history after findi...more

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Jan 18, 2013 Laura rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-fiction-book-club

The Kashmir Shawl - (p90) I am not often a fan of the dougle-threaded story that jumps back and forth in time, but Thomas performs the feat here with ease. This is the story of Mair in search through modern India for more knowledge of her Grandmother Nerys Watkins, the wife of a 1940's Welsh missionary, and of the exquisite Kashmor shawl she kept hidden in a bottom drawer for years. (Nerys p. 86) "Her own life felt small, solitary and devoid of purpose." Here we see how the futility of her husba...more The Kashmir Shawl - (p90) I am not often a fan of the dougle-threaded story that jumps back and forth in time, but Thomas performs the feat here with ease. This is the story of Mair in search through modern India for more knowledge of her Grandmother Nerys Watkins, the wife of a 1940's Welsh missionary, and of the exquisite Kashmor shawl she kept hidden in a bottom drawer for years. (Nerys p. 86) "Her own life felt small, solitary and devoid of purpose." Here we see how the futility of her husband, Evans Watkins, mission starts to bear down on Nerys. We see the futility of any mission aimed at changing a people already so deeply rooted in their own religious tradidtions. Just yesterday I was reading (in more humourous context and style) in The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared as the protaganist Allan meets the Anglican missionary Pastor Ferguson in a Tehran jail cell. Ferguson describes his twelve years reaching out to those of the eight religious factions there and admits to having converted only a total of "0-8" individuals who might in fact be no more than secret police spies (p 156). Nerys's husband's calling is similar in the remote reaches of western India. The Welsh preacher revealed in The Kashmir Shawl is a more sedate, less energetic but no less mission-driven version of Neil Makenzie from the novel Island of Wings which was based on the letters and writings of the real Makenzie.
This notion of "I have been called" we see in these characters (and in real life as well, not the least in my own evangelist-minsiter brother) I see as having the dangerous tendency of morphing into an overbearing egotism with the empasis too heavily on the "I", the self and the mission being one and therefore overshadowing everyone else's needs (including the wives of these driven souls), abilities, desires and beliefs and often blocking out one's own comon sense.
Two other interesting "minister/preacher" books to consider are Abide with Me by Elizabeth Strout and Gilead by Marilynn Robinson.

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Oct 02, 2011 Annie rated it 5 of 5 stars

I think it’s only fair to declare myself as a massive fan of everything Rosie Thomas has ever written. And that my favourite stories are always those with a dual time frame. And that I have a bit of a “thing” about India at the moment. But even if none of those qualifications applied, this book was a really wonderful read. Dual time frame at its best – strong modern heroine in Mair, even better historical one in Nerys the newly-wed missionary’s wife and Mair’s grandmother. The premise of the sto...more

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Aug 19, 2012 Maggie Donaldson rated it 4 of 5 stars

I loved this book. It was not without its flaws - a little too long, with some periods of longeur and slips in writing style perhaps, but overall, it was pure enjoyment. Rosie Thomas knows how to write a good yarn, and her descriptions of Kashmir were so evocative, it made you long to be there, in Srinagar in particular. My father visited there before the war when he was in the Army in India, and so some of the period this book covers would have taken in the time he was there, which made it even...more

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Mar 28, 2013 R J Mckay rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Kashmir Shawl is a beautifully woven tale. It captured the feel of Colonial India and did a wonderful job of bring to life the characters.

The story begins when Mair Ellis, while helping her siblings clear out their Father's house, finds a beautiful shawl carefully tucked away. Within the folds of the shawl she discovers a lock of hair. The siblings conclude this must have been a memory from the days of their Grandmother, Nerys Watkins and her missionary husband Evan, who were assigned to In...more

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Oct 17, 2011 Jenni rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I’ve read a few of Rosie Thomas’ books and always enjoyed them. When I heard that her new book had some Welsh involvement I was pretty confidant that I’d enjoy this one too and I was right.

There are two key plot lines within the book, there is the story of Mair who is trying to trace her grandparents’ story and discover where this beautiful shawl came from, and there is the story of her grandparents, Nerys and Evan Watkins, and their time in India as missionaries. The narrative moves back and fo...more

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May 06, 2012 Helen Strobridge rated it 5 of 5 stars

A wonderfully atmospheric book that I just couldn't put down, telling two parallel stories of a group of British women living in Kashmir during WWII, and the modern day re-tracing of their lives by one of their grand-daughters. I am not always a fan of books set in two time periods, but in this case it was done very well, with the bulk of the book set in the 1940s and long sections of the story told before each swap to the other narrative. The stunning descriptions of the landscape and the lifes...more

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Mar 04, 2013 Nada rated it 5 of 5 stars

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The Kashmir Shawl is a book that moves between two intertwined stories - the story of Nerys, a missionary's wife in India in the 1940s and the story of Mair, her granddaughter. It is truly a story of relationships - marriages, friendships, and the relationships that are in between.

Upon her father's death, Mair finds a Kashmir shawl and a lock of hair in her mother's things. She knows they belonged to her grandmother. Her...more

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Nov 04, 2011 Daffy rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Brilliant! The Kashmir Shawl tells the story of three British women living in Srinagar, Kashmir during the second world war. The author has researched minutely both the history and the environment, yet unlike some novels, though integral, this never inhibits the characters or overwhelms the story. The characters are fully rounded and believable, the reader is seemingly effortlessly transported to the paradise that was Srinagar. But as well as the story of Nerys, Myrtle,Carline and Nerys' grand-d...more

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Mar 01, 2013 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars

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You can always rely on Rosie Thomas to write a good book. This is an interesting story about Mair who finds an old shawl of her grandmother's whilst clearing her father's house after his death. She is intrigued by the hand embroidered shawl and with it a lock of a child's hair and sets off for India and Kashmir to find out more about her grandparents. This book is well written and really seems to capture the atmosphere of Kashmir both past and present, she shows a real love and affection for the...more

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Apr 03, 2013 Cathy rated it 4 of 5 stars

What a treat.... really enjoyed this sweeping, epic, multi-generational tale of families and friends in the 1940's and present day who travel between India and Wales in search of love and family mysteries. The stories of the women is woven together so seamlessly and realistically -- I would have liked to have met them! Nerys, a young woman who accompanies her minister husband to a remote posting in India, is left behind in Srinagar, and makes a lifelong friend in Myrtle, a wealthy young woman, w...more

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Nov 03, 2012 Diana rated it 4 of 5 stars

Mair and her two siblings are doing the final cleaning of their childhood home before the new owners move in. In the bottom of a drawer, Mair finds a beautiful shawl with a lock of hair in its folds. It was probably owned by her grandmother who, along with her husband, was in the mission field in India. Because they know very little about their grandparents, Mair is intrigued and sets out on a journey to unravel the story behind the shawl. The book bounces back and forth between Mair’s adventure...more

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Apr 04, 2012 Mary Neary rated it 4 of 5 stars

I enjoyed reading about the region of Kashmir and the parallel timeline allows the reader to experience two stories, one set during the 2nd World War and the other in the present. The feature that binds these two stories together is a Pashmina shawl which is produced from the finest wool in the world, the Cashmere goat. The story spans many decades and touches several regions, including the Kashmir region of India, Wales and the Swiss Alps. It touches on the colonial aspects of Kashmir as well a...more

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May 07, 2013 Gail Mallin rated it 4 of 5 stars

I like Rosie Thomas's writing style, she has a vivid sense of place and her characters feel like real people, so I settled down expecting to enjoy The Kashmir Shawl and I wasn't disappointed. Sometimes her stories can get a little too dark for me, but this book balances the hard realities of life in a poor country with love and courage so it didn't feel depressing. It's a long book and the story does start rather too slowly but the pace soon picks up once the modern heroine, Mair, arrives in Ind...more

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Apr 23, 2013 melanie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

J'aime quand un livre nous fait découvrir de nouvelles choses. C'est bel et bien le cas de celui-ci. On sent que l'auteur s'est réellement documenté pour l'écrire (parfois trop, même, certaines descriptions du monde de l'artisanat s'apparentent à des cours magistraux. Intéressants mais un peu trop didactiques à mon goût). Elle s'est même rendue sur place, comme le prouve sa galerie de photos sur son site personnel. Sous sa plume, Srinagar semble être un endroit plein de mystère, risqué aussi, su...more

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Janey King, née Morris was born on 1947 in Denbigh, Wales, and also grew up in North Wales. She read English at Oxford, and after a spell in journalism and publishing began writing fiction after the birth of her first child. Published since 1982 as Rosie Thomas, she has written fourteen best-selling novels, deal with the common themes of love and loss. She is one of only a few authors to have won...more

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