The Jasmine Wife Quotes

“The country had been in the grip of a terrible famine that had wiped out thousands of people, yet taxes were still being demanded from the barely recovering farmers to swell the coffers of the British government.”
― Jane Coverdale, The Jasmine Wife

“She remembered her father telling her the cows were sacred for a very practical reason. They wandered freely amongst different families for many years, providing milk for children who would otherwise have nothing. Their milk could be turned into cheese to add protein to vegetables, and their dried dung was used for housing and fuel for cooking.”
― Jane Coverdale, The Jasmine Wife