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Jana Bibi impulsively heads off to a new life in India with her parrot, Mr. Ganguly, and her housekeeper, Mary, to take up residence in an old home left her in her grandfather’s will.
Of course, as you might hope, India is a charming place, and Jana and her companions quickly make new friends in the village she now calls home.
But there are also troubles in this new home, with talk of flooding the village to make a government dam, and a tyrannical head of police who rules the village with an iron ...more
Of course, as you might hope, India is a charming place, and Jana and her companions quickly make new friends in the village she now calls home.
But there are also troubles in this new home, with talk of flooding the village to make a government dam, and a tyrannical head of police who rules the village with an iron ...more
This is essentially what I would call a "fun" book, along the lines of The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency. Set in Northern India in the 50's, it follows the protagonist, nicknamed Jana Bibi, as she moves to an old house she has inherited in a small town and, through her involvement in a campaign to save the town from a govt. dam, becomes entwined in the lives of her neighbors. The book is full of the kind of lovable, slightly shallow characters that we can like without having to examine our motive
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Aug 28, 2014
Anna
marked it as to-read
Jul 30, 2016
Jocelyn
marked it as to-read
