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East of the Sun | 
 enlarge | Author: Julia Gregson
Publisher: Orion
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 49
Media: Paperback
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 4.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 1409102513
EAN: 9781409102519
ASIN: 1409102513
Publication Date: June 12, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: read once in very good condition
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 Beckons you in June 26, 2008
SJSmith (UK)
56 out of 69 found this review helpful
This book is captivating. It is a slow unfurling read that can't be rushed. If you haven't been to India, Gregson's stimulating narrative is going to awaken your senses. If you have been, especially to the places described, a wonderful memory awaits. It's autumn 1928 and the Kaiser-i-Hind is waiting to set sail for Bombay a land promising the start of three very different lives for the three young women we follow on board.
Meet Rose, Victoria (Tor) and Viva. Rose is naive and about to be married to man she hardly knows but is full of hope. Tor is happy to be away from her parents and her life and all she wants from her adventure is a husband of her own. Then there is Viva who isn't as old as Rose and Tor's family thinks she is yet still manages to secure a job as their chaperone. There are other significant characters along the way but these three women are the narrators, telling their story in their own way; learning about themselves and each other.
The book is fabulous, from beginning to end. Gregson introduces the reader to the three women in the beginning of the novel and the beginning of their adventure. Dialogue and narrative blend to give an enthralling story that is difficult to put down. I became quite involved in their ups and downs, willing them on with different parts of the lives, especially when they were making fools of themselves with the decisions they were making. I have a love of literature set in India and would have discovered this novel myself at some point but I was thrilled to see this as part of Richard & Judy's summer read. Having read 6 out of the 8 novels so far, I have found this one to be by far the best. One I will continually recommend.
Terrific book! July 3, 2008
Joan W (Cornwall)
12 out of 17 found this review helpful
Julia Gregson has written an intriguing novel that grips one to the very end. The characters, including peripheral ones, are vividly drawn and the plot lines are as lively and dramatic as they are diverse. One really cares what happens to the heroines, indeed, it becomes quite worrying at times. The colourful detail draws quite stunning pictures for the reader.
East of the Sun July 2, 2008
S. Prior
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
Another brilliant recommendation from the R&J book club! A captivating read which follows the hopes, dreams, ambitions and duty of 3 young women, travelling to and making lives for themselves in India during the 1920's. While this is a great novel, Gregson also manages to give the reader a real insight into the sociological movement pertaining to British women after the first world war, not to mention a nation's struggle for independence during the British Raj. A rambling read that is hard to put down and one which I would thoroughly recommend. Enjoy!
An epic read July 27, 2008
H (Milton Keynes)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book has been recommended by Richard & Judy, and deservedly so. I feel like I've read an epic novel. The book certainly took me a lot longer than usual to read, and it held my interest until the very end. It isn't a book that can be rushed, but then you shouldn't try to rush it. Savour it instead. Although the plot follows the lives of Rose, Tor and Viva, I personally think it's really Viva's story. They meet when Viva agrees to be the younger girls' chaperone on the ship to India. These are three very different characters; sweet, kind Rose, funny, boisterous Tor, and passionate, serious Viva, who is a loner for much of the book. We do meet other characters, such as Frank, Guy, Jack and Toby. Guy is the cause of a fresh set of troubles for Viva . . . Set in the late 1920's, the detail of the era, and the description of India is captivating.
runreader July 2, 2008
runreader
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
I loved this book, and read it quickly, because I couldn't wait to find out what happened to those three girls, setting out to go to India with so much to gain, and so much to lose.They, and the other characters in the book are very vivid. I so felt for Rose, sailing out to marry the gorgeous Jack, the young Army Officer, who she hardly knew, and her great friend, Tor, with her constant struggle with her weight; desperate to find a husband, and so avoid having to go home to her unkind mother in England. Their stories, and the descriptions of India as it was in 1929, are truly compelling. there are wonderful parties,too,and outings.All in all, a thoroughly satisfying read.
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