'For you, I will write of it all - part truth, part memory, part nightmare - my life, the one that started so long ago, in a place so far from here...' India, 1839: Linny Gow, a respectable young wife and mother, settles down to write her life story. To outside appearances Linny is the perfect Colonial wife: beautiful, gracious, subservient. But appearances can be very deceptive ... An unforgettable book, richly descriptive and mesmerising from the start, The Linnet Bird is the spellbinding story of the journey of Linny Gow ...
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'For you, I will write of it all - part truth, part memory, part nightmare - my life, the one that started so long ago, in a place so far from here...' India, 1839: Linny Gow, a respectable young wife and mother, settles down to write her life story. To outside appearances Linny is the perfect Colonial wife: beautiful, gracious, subservient. But appearances can be very deceptive ... An unforgettable book, richly descriptive and mesmerising from the start, The Linnet Bird is the spellbinding story of the journey of Linny Gow - child prostitute turned social climber turned colonial wife turned adventuress. Frequently disturbing, often moving and always enthralling, it is that rare thing: a once-in-a-lifetime read.
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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!