India, 1839: Linny Gow, a respectable young wife and mother, settles down to write her life story. To outside appearances Linny is the perfect Raj wife: beautiful, gracious, subservient. But appearances can be very deceptive ... Born into direst poverty in Liverpool, Linny escapes the life of prostitution her stepfather has forced her into, transforms herself into a young lady, and escapes to India, where the British Raj is in its infancy. There she will find heartache and suffering, but also true love and - perhaps most ...
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India, 1839: Linny Gow, a respectable young wife and mother, settles down to write her life story. To outside appearances Linny is the perfect Raj wife: beautiful, gracious, subservient. But appearances can be very deceptive ... Born into direst poverty in Liverpool, Linny escapes the life of prostitution her stepfather has forced her into, transforms herself into a young lady, and escapes to India, where the British Raj is in its infancy. There she will find heartache and suffering, but also true love and - perhaps most precious of all - freedom. But how did Linny achieve all this? And what has she sacrificed along the way? Most importantly, is this the end of Linny's journey, or is her story not yet over? THE LINNET BIRD is an enthralling tale of one young girl's destiny and her struggle for happiness and survival.
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The story of an orphan girl who is pushed into prostitution by a vile step father and eventually finds true but ephemeral love in the mountains of Afghanistan and thus becomes the mother of a cherished son, She is forced by circumstances to do terrible things in order to protect this son and in the end emerges as a proud young woman that can look hopefully towards the future.
The book is well written, the characters are well defined and the atmosphere of both England and India are well rendered. I recommend it.
emily8
Jun 28, 2007
Author Linda Holeman
This is the best book I've read all year. I loved it so much, I have bought 3 more copies and am sharing it with a friend, my sister and my daughter!