After she is caught listening to Gandhi at a rally, Rosalind’s furious father ships her off to her English aunts, where her free-thinking spirit once again shakes up the status quo. Then her father returns, and she chafes against his strict colonial views. While her British Army major father has been away in WWI, 15-year-old Rosalind has enjoyed freedom in her southeast Indian town, roaming the bazaar with her Indian friends rather than chatting with other Brits at the local club.
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman, hardcover, $15.99. This paperback edition includes an excerpt of andlt Iandgt All My Noble Dreams and Then What Happensandlt /Iandgt, the standalone companion to andlt Iandgt Small Acts of Amazing Courageandlt /Iandgt.
As she comes of age during this volatile period of history, will she find the courage to claim her own identity and become her own person?andlt BRandgt andlt BRandgt National Book Awardand#8211 winning author Gloria Whelanand#8217 s and#8220 insight into history and her charactersand#8217 minds make every moment of this saga believableand#8221 (andlt Iandgt Publishers Weeklyandlt /Iandgt, starred review). Rosalind longs to live the life that her heart tells her, not what her parents prescribe for her, but no one seems to listen.andlt BRandgt andlt BRandgt This penetrating story, told with lush and vivid detail, contrasts Rosalindand#8217 s privilege and daily experiences in India with the hardship of the people around her. A man named Ghandi is coming to power, talking about nonviolence and independence from Britain. While her father has been at war, Rosalind sees the country slowly change. Rosalind is kept from boarding school in England at her motherand#8217 s insistence. Andlt B andgt Kindness has incredible consequences in this compelling novel set in colonial India from a and#8220 master storytellerand#8221 (andlt I andgt Publishers Weeklyandlt /Iandgt ) and National Book Award-winning author.andlt /Bandgt andlt BRandgt andlt BRandgt It is India, 1918, six months after the end of World War I, and Rosalind awaits the return of her father from the war.
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