false 3548256 8 Autumn 1928. The <i>Kaiser-i-Hind</i> is en route to Bombay. In Cabin D38, Viva Hollowat, an inexperienced chaperone, is worried she's made a terrible mistake. Her advert in <i>The Lady</i> has resulted in three unsettling charges to be escorted to India. Rose, a beautiful, dangerously naive English girl, is about to be married to the cavalry officer she has met only a handful of times. Vicotira, the bridesmaid, is determined to lose her virginity on the journey before finding a husband of her own in India. And overshadowing all three of them, the malevolent presence of Guy Glover, a strange and disturbed schoolboy. Three potential Memsahibs with a myriad of reasons for leavign England, bu the cargo of hopes and secrets they carry has done little to prepare them for what lies ahead. From the parties of the wealthy Bombay socialites to the poverty of the orphans on Tamarind Street, <i>East of the Sun</i> is everything a historical novel should be: alive with florious detail, fascinating characters and masterful storytelling. 3590295 book 12 6 2008 East of the Sun total:396|5:66|4:161|3:134|2:31|1:4| 396 1442 783 133 3 0 false false Sun Oct 04 19:35:41 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 19:36:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 20:21:52 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 20:22:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 14:12:17 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 14:12:42 -0700 2009 East of the Sun: A Novel

It has been along time since I have been as excited about writing a review as I am for East of the Sun: A Novel by Julia Gregson!! I actually got up this morning grabbed the book, looking for my bookmark to continue, only to realize I had finished it last ni...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 19:43:51 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 19:57:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:10:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:11:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 05:47:47 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 06:44:22 -0700 2009
The reader travels with three young women from London to India aboard a luxury ...more...]]> 2 3 false false Wed May 27 10:05:51 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 10:06:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 11:40:14 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 11:55:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 13 07:05:22 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 15:23:07 -0700 2009 "As the Kaisar-l-Hind weighs anchor for Bombay in the autumn of
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Set in India in the late 1920's, East of the Sun tracks the story of 3 women who meet on the voyage over. Rose is on her way to get married to an Engli...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 16:45:51 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 16:50:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 20:12:11 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 09:48:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 20:09:05 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 11:51:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 07:44:46 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 12:10:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 06:08:32 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 10:41:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 06:51:38 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 06:40:29 -0700 2009 I am happy to say, now that I have finished this novel, that I was held until the end. I wa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 25 07:17:53 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 11:39:55 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 07:17:53 -0700 2009 East of the Sun revolves around the lives of three young Englishwomen bound for India. Each is traveling with a different purpose: Viva, the young inexperienced chaperone, projects an air of mystery and hopes to retrieve personal effects belonging to her deceased parents; Rose, naïve and cari...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 07:01:21 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 09:11:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 12:11:06 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 12:11:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 06:53:31 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 06:36:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6597298