Ancient Promises: Uncorrected Proof Copy

Jaishree Misra

ISBN 10: 0140288848 / ISBN 13: 9780140288841

Published by Penguin Books, London, UK, 1999

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Firmly bound, with no writing inside, light dust spotting on the top closed page edge, small crease on top front cover corner. Seller Inventory # 036015

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ancient Promises: Uncorrected Proof Copy

Publisher: Penguin Books, London, UK

Publication Date: 1999

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

ANCIENT PROMISES is the story of a marriage, a divorce and motherhood. It explains why we love and lose, sometimes seeming to have little control over our destinies. It is the story of Janu, young, vulnerable and strong, who travels to Kerala to get married and then flees to England to escape it. While we laugh and cry with her on her turbulent journey through life, we watch while she attempts to make sense of the varous things that have happened in her life. Could it be true that promises should never be lightly made because they always return to haunt and to exact their price? From some place where the columns are still being tallied, the dues not yet paid ...

About the Author:

Jaishree Misra was born in 1961 and grew up in India, moving to England in 1993. She holds a Masters in English Literature from Kerala University. She has worked in the field of Special Needs in India and in the Department of Social Services in Buckinghamshire, England. More recently, she worked as a broadcast journalist with the BBC. She lives in London with her husband and daughter. This is her first novel.