Golden Afternoon (Share of Summer, Part Two) - Hardcover

Kaye, M. M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670838977 ISBN 13: 9780670838974

Publisher: Viking, 1997

Synopsis

In vol 1 M.M. Kaye recalled her idyllic childhood in India in the early years of this century. Mollie on the verge of womanhood feels gauche alongside her vivacious mother and the glittering socialites of the Raj, so the splendour and gaiety ofthe Delhi Season is not an unalloyed pleasure. But there are friendships and fun to compensate for social embarrassment and the trials of calf love; a growing talent for watercolour and dramatic design; sister Bets and her adored father Tacklow toconfide in. And above all, there is India - for Mollie's real love affair is with the country. Here she brings alive the glories of the Raj and the ceremonies of high-caste Indian life. All the enchantment that inspired her novels is here.

About this title

About the Author:

M. M. Kaye was born in India and spent most of her childhood and early married life in that country. Her ties with India are strong: her grandfather, father, brother and husband all served the Raj.

M. M. Kaye has won worldwide fame for her bestselling historical novel The Far Pavilions, as well as SHADOW OF THE MOON, TRADE WIND and a number of detective novels. GOLDEN AFTERNOON is the second volume of her autobiography, the first, THE SUN IN THE MORNING was published by Viking in 1990.

Synopsis:

The second part of M.M. Kaye's biography covers her return to India after many years of a lonely, drab existence at school in Britain. She and her sister Bets, return and take part in the final years before the beginning of the Second World War. It is a world of travel, of glorious trips down the Ganges, life on a house-boat on a lake in Kashmir, visits to Indian palaces, parties up in the hill station of Simla, the social whirl of a lost world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0670838977
• ISBN 13: 9780670838974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432