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Silk (Heart of India #1)
India's northern frontier, an exotic land of tropical beauty and majestic wildlife, and one young British woman's quest to find a missing boy. The first in the Heart for India series.
Paperback, 348 pages
Published
March 1st 1993
by Bethany House Publishers
(first published February 1993)
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"Silk" is a Christian historical novel set in 1793 to 1799 in northeast India and in London, England. This book is the first in a trilogy, but I didn't realize that when I picked it out. I kept waiting for the pace to pick up so that something would get resolved before the end, but it didn't. Very little was resolved, and it ended like the end of a chapter instead of the book. (The next book does, indeed, pick up exactly where this one left off.)
Though the back cover book description indicates t...more
Though the back cover book description indicates t...more
AHHHH!!! I just love this triology!
It is probably one of my most favorite. I have read it in two languages and own it.
It is about a youngwoman named Coral Kendall that lives in India, with her family on the Kendall plantaion that makes silk. She adopts her friend's baby boy after she [her friend:] dies giving birth, and names the boy Gem. Then one night he is forcefully taken away from her, and killed and thrown into the river. But Coral has her doubts that the dead child was really Gem. The st...more
It is probably one of my most favorite. I have read it in two languages and own it.
It is about a youngwoman named Coral Kendall that lives in India, with her family on the Kendall plantaion that makes silk. She adopts her friend's baby boy after she [her friend:] dies giving birth, and names the boy Gem. Then one night he is forcefully taken away from her, and killed and thrown into the river. But Coral has her doubts that the dead child was really Gem. The st...more
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Oct 09, 2011
Hoover Public Library Adult Fiction
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4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
inspirational,
historical-fiction
Silk is book one of the Heart of India Trilogy by Linda Chaikin. The story follows Coral, the daughter of a silk plantation owner and Christian missionaries living in India. After her best friend, an untouchable, dies in childbirth, Coral adopts her friend's son and plans to raise him as her own. When her son is kidnapped, Coral must uncover his true identity if she plans to save him from almost certain death.
This is one of those books that I have read every year for the last 10 years. That is...more
This is one of those books that I have read every year for the last 10 years. That is...more
This is a book full of both internal and external conflict. Their is betrayal, adventure, romance, peril... I really enjoyed it. Although I first read it in Middle School, it is a book that I enjoy reading over again and again.
This was a bit of a disappointment. The christian theme was over powering and I felt unrealistic for instance the year is 1793 and the main characters mother baptizes a native in India. I felt that was far fetched for the time period. I kept waiting for a resolution between the love interests, only to find that the book is the first in a series that is more like a soap opera than a seperate book in a series. Bugging! I don't think I'll read the other books in the series, the only reason I finish...more
What better way to spend the Easter long weekend than re-reading this old favorite?! Looking forward to continuing Jace and Coral's journey in the next 2 books!
This is one of the most amazing novels I have ever read! Definitely a top favorite book and author!!! Seth and I highly recommend =)
Awesome family saga about the silk trade in India in the 1880s. Great characters and scenery descriptions.
I have enjoyed this series, these books really fuel your imagination.........I think I'll make a trip to India....
LOVE ITTTTT!!!!!!!
At first this book was very interesting then when you got to the middle it satrted slowing down a bit but it picked back up again by the end. Really moving story about Coral and Gem and her desire to find him if he is still alive. I like looking at everything from Jace's perspective what he went through growing up and his life. Really excited to read the next one!
Well, its official. I'm obsessed.
Linda Chaikin is an excellent author and all of her books contain a lot of romance, drama, and suspense. My favorite series by her is Heart of India. The exotic location adds to the appeal.
Mar 16, 2010
Prettyinpink Cutiepie
marked it as to-read
It was okay. but the story line just wasn't drawing me to read it constantly.
good--need to get sequel--lot about India and missionaries
Nov 14, 2008
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a good book about christianity and love
Feb 25, 2011
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Used to be my favorite book set until I became Catholic. Now I see many misinterpretations of the Church and it is obvious they are from someone who has no experience with the Church.
A very good book.
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Linda Chaikin is a Christian fiction author with a focus on historical fiction. She sometimes publishes using the name L. L. Chaikin.
Linda was the youngest of 10 children and her father died shortly after she was born. She wrote her first full-length novel with pen and paper at the age of 14 - this novel was later rewritten as Wednesday's Child, part of the Day to Remember series.
She met her husba...more
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Linda was the youngest of 10 children and her father died shortly after she was born. She wrote her first full-length novel with pen and paper at the age of 14 - this novel was later rewritten as Wednesday's Child, part of the Day to Remember series.
She met her husba...more
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