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Original Title:	East of the Sun
ISBN:	1409102513 (ISBN13: 9781409102519)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Rose, Victoria Kitchen, Guy, Viva
Setting:	India
Literary Awards:	Romantic Novel of the Year (RoNa's) Award (2009)

East of the Sun

Julia Gregson

Paperback | Pages: 458 pages

Rating: 3.69 | 7109 Users | 817 Reviews

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Title	:	East of the Sun
Author	:	Julia Gregson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 458 pages
Published	:	June 2008 by Orion (first published December 2007)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. India. Romance

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Autumn 1928. The Kaiser-i-Hind is en route to Bombay. In Cabin D38, Viva Hollowat, an inexperienced chaperone, is worried she's made a terrible mistake. Her advert in The Lady has resulted in three unsettling charges to be escorted to India. Rose, a beautiful, dangerously naive English girl, is about to be married to the cavalry officer she has met only a handful of times. Victoria, the bridesmaid, is determined to lose her virginity on the journey before finding a husband of her own in India. And overshadowing all three of them, the malevolent presence of Guy Glover, a strange and disturbed schoolboy. Three potential Memsahibs with a myriad of reasons for leaving England, but the cargo of hopes and secrets they carry has done little to prepare them for what lies ahead. From the parties of the wealthy Bombay socialites to the poverty of the orphans on Tamarind Street, East of the Sun is everything a historical novel should be: alive with glorious detail, fascinating characters and masterful storytelling.

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Ratings: 3.69 From 7109 Users | 817 Reviews

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3.5 stars (rounding down)This is the story of 3 British young ladies in the late 1920's as they travel and live in India. Rose is going to marry a british soldier in the Indian cavalry. Tor is her best friend and bridesmad, who is also hoping to find a husband to escape her mother and Viva, slightly order, who has been hired as their chaperone. Viva was born in India but when family tragedy struck she was sent back to England for boarding school. She has fond memories of her early life in India

This book tells the story of three girls, all of whom leave England for various reasons on a journey to India. Rose is leaving to get married, whilst Tor is her bridesmaid and on the hunt for a potential love interest whilst being chaperoned by a "mysterious" Viva who seeks to find out more about her past.I found the book quite simply fairly dull reading, not demanding in the usual sense of the word, but demanding to me in the aspect it felt like a huge effort to continue reading it. I didnt

4.5For the past ten years or so I've been trading birthday books back and forth with one of my closest friends from High School. It is truly one of the highlight of my birthday to receive a book that I know I'm going to love. The best part for me is that most of the books like this one have beautiful friendship themes. I always envision us as the characters in the book. This time we were two young Brits headed over to India in the late 1920's, with all the vigor and excitement of marriage and

I found this book very hard going, not because it's a difficult or demanding read - far from it - but because most of the story completely failed to engage my interest. I only kept reading in the hope that it would improve - which, thankfully, it did, albeit not until the final quarter. Part of the problem is that the characters aren't particularly likeable - Tor is annoying, Rose insipid, and Guy downright horrible (and then we're expected to care about his potential demise!) There also seems

I must have liked it because I finished it right? I mean life is too short to waste your time reading a badly written book? Although I have a feeling I didn't really like it. I couldn't care about any of the characters. I simply did not like them. Any of them. Tor was a bit to pathetic and her ending was simply too neat and tidy. Rose...well actually I think I quite like her a tiny bit. She had back bone and well did what she needed to do to a certain degree. But really none of them appealed to

I found this book very hard going, not because it's a difficult or demanding read - far from it - but because most of the story completely failed to engage my interest. I only kept reading in the hope that it would improve - which, thankfully, it did, albeit not until the final quarter. Part of the problem is that the characters aren't particularly likeable - Tor is annoying, Rose insipid, and Guy downright horrible (and then we're expected to care about his potential demise!) There also seems

for some or other reason, i found this a quite difficult read, but it kept me interested and i enjoyed the story. i enjoy stories set in india and i love history. i think why i gave it 3 stars instead of 4 is simply personal taste - maybe too much of a love story for me and i don't enjoy love stories with happy endings. :) but all in all a good book, i will recommend it.