A nineteenth-century American missionary widow embarks on a daring
quest to find her dark-skinned child. India, 1857: Anna Wheeler
Roundtree, missionary wife, flees her husband's pious tyranny,
leaving the safety of the Protestant Mission in which she's spent
most of the past decade. Her timing is bad: the train carrying her
to freedom steams into the midst of the brutal Indian Rebellion.
She is, however, plucked from danger by Ashok Montgomery, a wealthy
Anglo-Indian tea planter. Together they escape the angry mobs and
find the shelter of an isolated mountain cave. There, for the first
time, Anna learns the true nature of love. New York City, 1860: Now
a successful poet featured in national magazines, Anna Wheeler is
astonished to learn that the daughter she bore upon her return was
not stillborn, as she was told, but has been kidnapped. When Anna
hears the baby described as "dark-skinned," she realizes that
Ashok, the man she'd left behind in the tumult of the rebellion, is
the true father, not her blond, fair-skinned husband. In her own
racially inflamed nation on the verge of its own war, Anna throws
respectability to the wind, learns to take risks, break rules, and
trust strangers in a determined search for the little girl. Then a
deranged voice arises from her tormented past, making demands that
compel her back to India. Anna must confront the evil that set her
running in the first place. Will her daring quest for her child,
and for the love of her life, end in triumph or in heartbreak?
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2014 |
First published: |
May 2014 |
Authors: |
Joanne Dobson
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
370 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4954-4213-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
LSN: |
1-4954-4213-6 |
Barcode: |
9781495442131 |
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!