false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174533395m/414824.jpg 414824 11 Instead of returning “home” when he retired, Tusker, once a Colonel in the British Army, and his wife Lily chose to remain in the small hill town of Pangkot with its eccentric inhabitants and archaic rituals left over from the days of the Empire. 404036 1977 Staying On total:96|5:16|4:37|3:34|2:8|1:1| 96 347 201 12 4 0 false false Sun Sep 13 20:38:17 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 20:40:26 -0700 2009 Staying On is a novel which is at times very funny, but ultimately it's very sad. Tusker and Lucy are an English couple who remained in India after the country becomes independent in 1947. The book is set in 1972, ostensibly on one day, but the story of their entire courtship and life together, es...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 18 17:58:37 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 18:02:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 true false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 07:07:35 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 07:07:35 -0700 2009 1/2 and are now finding themselves more and more irrelevant and have fewer and fewer contacts with other Brits very touching. Sic transit gloria.]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 11:03:08 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 08:36:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Mar 12 07:04:25 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 07:51:12 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Aug 02 14:22:54 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 14:29:47 -0700 2007
But Staying On is sad: it's about an aging couple who felt they couldn't go back to England b/c he's too old to get work there, and his pension would be worth more in India, and the opening of the book is how he's had a ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Sun Mar 22 01:06:06 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 01:06:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 15 11:46:16 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 11:46:28 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Jun 02 01:31:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 01:36:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 02 16:20:39 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 18:59:50 -0700 2008

i am loving this so far. I am a long time fan of the Raj Quartet. i loved the books, and then the PBS series was my constant sewin...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 29 12:11:09 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 24 11:15:07 -0700 2009 1977 Booker

A lovely tale about a couple, Colonel and Mrs Smalley, who "stay on" in India after the British handover.]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 06:20:28 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 06:21:23 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Fri Nov 27 00:44:52 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 00:44:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 26 12:13:48 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 26 12:13:48 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 25 05:26:17 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 05:26:17 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 21 16:14:24 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 16:14:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 07:34:21 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 07:34:21 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Nov 13 15:07:33 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 15:07:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 08:17:06 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 08:17:06 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 11 09:08:26 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 09:08:26 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=414824