The Diamond Daughter
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The Diamond Daughter by Janet Macleod Trotter
In this emotional story set in 1946 post-war India, can a woman's quest for love survive shocking secrets and betrayal? Filled with excitement and a little trepidation, Jeanie Munro is returning to India and her husband Mungo, having been forced apart from him by the long years of the Second World War. She has high hopes of helping him with his new role as headmaster of the prestigious Nicholson's School in the idyllic setting of Murree in the foothills of the Himalayas. Together, they can start their longed-for family. But post-war India is in a ferment of change and the undercurrents of tension begin to disturb their tranquil outpost. Still grieving for her beloved brother, killed in action in the recent war, Jeanie - vivacious and optimistic by nature - tries to make the most of her new life. But after serving in the Anti-Aircraft Brigade during the war, she is no longer the biddable, naive young wife who left India in 1939 and finds life at Nicholson's restrictive and lonely. Despite Mungo disapproving of them, her only true friends are the Lomaxes, a family haunted by scandal and owners of the glamorous Raj Hotel in Rawalpindi. Invited to the Raj for an Anglo-Indian wedding, Jeanie finds escape and enjoyment among this vibrant mixed-race community - and is especially drawn to handsome, fun-loving Rick - but knows that duty must not allow their mutual attraction to grow. Then, just as Jeanie is becoming reconciled to her lot, explosive, long-buried secrets come to light that shake her world to the core - and leave her facing the hardest decisions of her life.THE DIAMOND DAUGHTER is the third and final novel in THE RAJ HOTEL SERIES.Janet MacLeod Trotter, a British author, has published eight novels, four of which are historical sagas set in the xxth century. The first, The Hungry Hills, was nominated for a Sunday Times award for best author novel, while Las luces de Assam was nominated for a Romantic Novelists' Association award for best novel of the year and is one of Amazon's top ten best-selling titles, with sales in both Russian and French. Janet has also written for adolescent audiences and is the author of numerous short stories for women's magazines, some of which have been collected in the anthology Ice Cream Summer. Beatles & Chiefs, his childhood memories from Durham and Skye in the 1960s, were featured on BBC Radio 4's Home Truths program. In addition, the author has written for The Newcastle Journal, directed The Clan MacLeod Magazine, and is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Society. (www.janetmacleodtrotter.com) Las luces de Assam is the first installment in the Aromas of Tea series, which takes place in the United Kingdom and India.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781908359612 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908359617 |
| Title | The Diamond Daughter |
| Author | Janet Macleod Trotter |
| Series | The Raj Hotel Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | MacLeod Trotter Books |
| Year published | 2021-11-08 |
| Number of pages | 358 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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