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Flash House
From the acclaimed author of CLOUD MOUNTAIN comes a suspenseful novel of rescue and redemption set in Central Asia at the start of the Cold War, with two unforgettable heroines whose fates are irrevocably intertwined. When a plane carrying American journalist Aidan Shaw goes down in Kashmir in 1949, Aidan's wife Joanna refuses to accept that he is dead. Aidan has been accused of harboring Communist sympathies, and his mission to Kashmir was supposed to clear his name of these charges. Now Joanna is convinced that his disappearance involves more than accident. With Aidan's best friend and a mysterious native girl, Kamla, whom she has saved from an Indian brothel—or “flash house,” Joanna sets off for the northernmost reaches of India. The ensuing journey leads over some of the highest mountain passes in the world, finally landing the rescuers in western China just weeks before the Communist takeover—a world where nothing is as it appears.
458 pages, Hardcover
First published January 6, 2003
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Aimee Liu
24 books95 followersAimee Liu is a best-selling novelist, essayist, and nonfiction author based in Los Angeles.
Her 2020 novel GLORIOUS BOY, published by Red Hen Press, has received rave endorsements:
"The most memorable and original novel I've read in ages. Aimee Liu… evokes every side in a multi-cultural conversation with sympathy and rare understanding."
– Pico Iyer
“A riveting amalgam of history, family epic, anticolonial/antiwar treatise, cultural crossroads, and more, this latest from best-selling author Liu is a fascinating, irresistible marvel.” — Library Journal, starred review
”This fascinating novel examines the many dimensions of war, from the tragedy of loss to the unexpected relationships formed during conflict. The Andamans are a lush and unusual setting, a sacred home to all kinds of cultures and people, and Liu’s prose is masterful. A good choice for book groups and for readers who are unafraid to be swept away.” — Booklist, starred review
Glorious Boy is a tale of family devotion, war, and survival. Set on India's remote Andaman Islands before and during WWII , the story revolves around a mysteriously mute 4-year-old who vanishes on the eve of Japanese Occupation. Little Ty's parents, Shep and Claire, will go to any lengths to rescue him, but neither is prepared for the brutal odyssey that awaits them.
Aimee is also the author of GAINING: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders, published by Warner Books, February, 2007. Drawing on her own history of anorexia as well as interviews with more than forty other former anorexics and bulimics, Liu picks up her exploration of recovery where she ended her acclaimed memoir of anorexia nervosa, SOLITAIRE (Harper & Row, 1979), at age twenty-five. Back then, she thought recovery meant eating well. Gaining proves that healthy nutrition is only a first step. True recovery requires a new understanding of the role that genetics, personality, relationships, and anxiety play in these disorders. Liu uses cutting edge research to dispel the myth that fashion is to blame. She examines the real reasons eating disorders -- at all ages -- are on the rise, and how they can be prevented in future generations.
Aimee has three previous novels. FLASH HOUSE (Warner Books, 2003) is a tale of suspense and Cold War intrigue set in Central Asia. CLOUD MOUNTAIN (Warner Books, 1997) is based on the true story of her American grandmother and Chinese revolutionary grandfather. Liu’s first novel, FACE (Warner Books, 1994), deals with mixed-race identity. These books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Before turning to writing fulltime, Aimee edited business and trade publications and worked as an associate producer for NBC's TODAY show. She has co-authored seven books on medical and psychological topics. Her articles, essays, and short stories have appeared in anthologies and periodicals such as Cosmopolitan, Self, Glamour, and Good Housekeeping.
Aimee Liu was born in 1953 and raised in Connecticut, received her B.A. from Yale University in 1975 and her MFA from Bennington College in 2006. She lives in Los Angeles with her family; teaches creative writing in Goddard College’s MFA program; and is a past president of the national writers’ organization PEN USA.
Her 2020 novel GLORIOUS BOY, published by Red Hen Press, has received rave endorsements:
"The most memorable and original novel I've read in ages. Aimee Liu… evokes every side in a multi-cultural conversation with sympathy and rare understanding."
– Pico Iyer
“A riveting amalgam of history, family epic, anticolonial/antiwar treatise, cultural crossroads, and more, this latest from best-selling author Liu is a fascinating, irresistible marvel.” — Library Journal, starred review
”This fascinating novel examines the many dimensions of war, from the tragedy of loss to the unexpected relationships formed during conflict. The Andamans are a lush and unusual setting, a sacred home to all kinds of cultures and people, and Liu’s prose is masterful. A good choice for book groups and for readers who are unafraid to be swept away.” — Booklist, starred review
Glorious Boy is a tale of family devotion, war, and survival. Set on India's remote Andaman Islands before and during WWII , the story revolves around a mysteriously mute 4-year-old who vanishes on the eve of Japanese Occupation. Little Ty's parents, Shep and Claire, will go to any lengths to rescue him, but neither is prepared for the brutal odyssey that awaits them.
Aimee is also the author of GAINING: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders, published by Warner Books, February, 2007. Drawing on her own history of anorexia as well as interviews with more than forty other former anorexics and bulimics, Liu picks up her exploration of recovery where she ended her acclaimed memoir of anorexia nervosa, SOLITAIRE (Harper & Row, 1979), at age twenty-five. Back then, she thought recovery meant eating well. Gaining proves that healthy nutrition is only a first step. True recovery requires a new understanding of the role that genetics, personality, relationships, and anxiety play in these disorders. Liu uses cutting edge research to dispel the myth that fashion is to blame. She examines the real reasons eating disorders -- at all ages -- are on the rise, and how they can be prevented in future generations.
Aimee has three previous novels. FLASH HOUSE (Warner Books, 2003) is a tale of suspense and Cold War intrigue set in Central Asia. CLOUD MOUNTAIN (Warner Books, 1997) is based on the true story of her American grandmother and Chinese revolutionary grandfather. Liu’s first novel, FACE (Warner Books, 1994), deals with mixed-race identity. These books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Before turning to writing fulltime, Aimee edited business and trade publications and worked as an associate producer for NBC's TODAY show. She has co-authored seven books on medical and psychological topics. Her articles, essays, and short stories have appeared in anthologies and periodicals such as Cosmopolitan, Self, Glamour, and Good Housekeeping.
Aimee Liu was born in 1953 and raised in Connecticut, received her B.A. from Yale University in 1975 and her MFA from Bennington College in 2006. She lives in Los Angeles with her family; teaches creative writing in Goddard College’s MFA program; and is a past president of the national writers’ organization PEN USA.
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May 16, 2010
The novel begins in 1949 in India not long after India's Partition. On the surface it's a spy story cum romance and orphan rescue. It's the underlying history that is both fascinating and riveting and if you are not fully aware of what happened there in northern Asia, it will send you scurrying to wikipedia and history books. It's one of those books that I love that combine history with adventure without being cloying or fake. It's also one of those books that lead you to other books and writers. In this case, (for me at least,) Kipling's view of the Great Game, Sven Hedin (explorer), Robert Shaw (explorer) & others.
Aside from my love of history, I appreciated Aimee Liu's writing, a beautiful mix of description, narrative, prose, character development, with an outstanding grip on cultural oppression and the repercussions of war.
The ending while disappointing was indicative of war, espionage, love triangles and of abandoned children. A happy ending would have made the whole journey trite.
Aside from my love of history, I appreciated Aimee Liu's writing, a beautiful mix of description, narrative, prose, character development, with an outstanding grip on cultural oppression and the repercussions of war.
The ending while disappointing was indicative of war, espionage, love triangles and of abandoned children. A happy ending would have made the whole journey trite.
June 24, 2011
Really, really, REALLY wanted to love this book but either I failed at the task or it failed to seduce me, to draw me in, to enthrall. I guess I'm always a little annoyed when writers add that hackneyed twist that an Indian child or a Japanese child has blue or green eyes with which to bewitch people. Yawn. Snore.
August 31, 2013
Flash House....by Aimee Liu.
A most enjoyable book, filled with suspense and intrigue.
Set in 1949 in the post WW2 era in S.E. Asia.
Joanna Shaw manages a retreat for the young girls sold into prostitution in New Delhi's 'Flash Houses.' while her husband Aidan, a Chinese American Journalist with 'socialist leanings, is covering a story.
She rescues and subsequently tries to adopt a young 10 year old girl girl called Kamla.
When Aidan is re-assigned to travel to cover the civil war in Kashmir the plane he is traveling on, crashes but no bodies are recovered. Joanna refuses to believe that he is dead and tries all the official channels to find out more information but is constantly fobbed off with bureaucratic side stepping.
It turns out that American intelligence suspects her husband of being a spy and the FBI are looking into just what Aidan and Joanna are doing. Tired of getting the run-around, she accepts an offer of assistance from Aidan's Australian Secret Service Agent friend, Lawrence Malcom who goes with her and her son, Simon and Kamla to Kashmir, but then finds that the civil war in China may hold the answers she needs.
Joanna is completely obcessed with finding out the truth about her husband and this distances her from Kamla who is pulled back into prostitution without Joanna even realising what is going on.
While Joanna is trying to find Aidan, Lawrence is also searching on his own. Lawrence is what is best termed as a 'spy manager'. He eventually also becomes Joanna's lover.
Aidan's character is revealed more and more throughout the story...
He begins by being a good man and a good journalist, a good husband and father, but as the book progresses he appears to be a deserter, a womaniser, an unfaithful husband, a traitor and a disinterested parent. But then as the book draw to a close we find he was none of those negative things, and strove only to protect his wife and child and was in fact not a traitor but a double Agent for the USA and ended up acknowledged as a hero.
The story ends tragically for most of the characters, however Kamla's life takes on an unexpected happy ending that very briefly allows her to once again see Mem (Joanna) who is an old woman and Simon who is by then middle-aged so in fact it does, to my way of thinking, have a happy ending after all.
The story is greatly influenced by what is known as 'The Great Game' or 'The Tournament of Shadows' between Great Britian and Russia to gain supremacy in Central Asia to gain access to India through central Asia. A game that had gone on since the early 1800's and has still continued into the 21st.Century.
This is a story not to be missed...
A most enjoyable book, filled with suspense and intrigue.
Set in 1949 in the post WW2 era in S.E. Asia.
Joanna Shaw manages a retreat for the young girls sold into prostitution in New Delhi's 'Flash Houses.' while her husband Aidan, a Chinese American Journalist with 'socialist leanings, is covering a story.
She rescues and subsequently tries to adopt a young 10 year old girl girl called Kamla.
When Aidan is re-assigned to travel to cover the civil war in Kashmir the plane he is traveling on, crashes but no bodies are recovered. Joanna refuses to believe that he is dead and tries all the official channels to find out more information but is constantly fobbed off with bureaucratic side stepping.
It turns out that American intelligence suspects her husband of being a spy and the FBI are looking into just what Aidan and Joanna are doing. Tired of getting the run-around, she accepts an offer of assistance from Aidan's Australian Secret Service Agent friend, Lawrence Malcom who goes with her and her son, Simon and Kamla to Kashmir, but then finds that the civil war in China may hold the answers she needs.
Joanna is completely obcessed with finding out the truth about her husband and this distances her from Kamla who is pulled back into prostitution without Joanna even realising what is going on.
While Joanna is trying to find Aidan, Lawrence is also searching on his own. Lawrence is what is best termed as a 'spy manager'. He eventually also becomes Joanna's lover.
Aidan's character is revealed more and more throughout the story...
He begins by being a good man and a good journalist, a good husband and father, but as the book progresses he appears to be a deserter, a womaniser, an unfaithful husband, a traitor and a disinterested parent. But then as the book draw to a close we find he was none of those negative things, and strove only to protect his wife and child and was in fact not a traitor but a double Agent for the USA and ended up acknowledged as a hero.
The story ends tragically for most of the characters, however Kamla's life takes on an unexpected happy ending that very briefly allows her to once again see Mem (Joanna) who is an old woman and Simon who is by then middle-aged so in fact it does, to my way of thinking, have a happy ending after all.
The story is greatly influenced by what is known as 'The Great Game' or 'The Tournament of Shadows' between Great Britian and Russia to gain supremacy in Central Asia to gain access to India through central Asia. A game that had gone on since the early 1800's and has still continued into the 21st.Century.
This is a story not to be missed...
July 20, 2011
Flash House – this book did not live up to its promise of the beginning. Initially the story of Kami and Joanna as they trek over the mountains looking for her missing husband, Aiden, had me enthralled. They also discover more about Kami. I enjoyed the development of the characters and their relationships. Then it changed – the book “plateaued”. After not finding her husband, but still convinced that he is alive, Joanna changes and becomes “conspiracy driven”. She doesn’t / can’t communicate with Kami any more and Kami is pulled back into selling her body. In one part of the book Joanna thinks that her son has been kidnapped and slaps Kami unfairly. (That slap is still reverberating in my imagination). In the meantime Lawrence (Aiden’s best friend, spy handler and eventually Joanna’s lover) is also trying to find out what happened to Aiden. I was often lost in this part of the book as I couldn’t see how they managed to jump from one clue to the other. (Let’s put it simply – the CIA is involved and about 10 cover ups between the various departments – I enjoy conspiracies but this really was too much!!!?). Aiden starts as a wonderful person, then a deserter, bounder, disinterested father, traitor and eventually a hero. It all ends tragically. I should have stopped reading the book midway, but as I am compulsive I wanted to see if the book improved. I don’t expect every book I read to end happily for all, but if I’m going to spend so much time reading, I really expect a better ending.
October 15, 2017
Okay I'll be generous and give it a 2.5
First of all, at four hundred and some odd pages it was way too long.
Next- the title- I don't get it. Yes, *part* of the book was about a girl in a Flash House or Bordello, but that was only part of the story. What about the rest of it- journalist husband disappears, wife goes after him etc.
And now we've hit the story itself: I think the title being non-reflective of the whole book is an indication that the author just didn't know where she was going with this book. It just seemed so loose. The characters flipped and flopped the plot went from first person account to third person. Was it a spy novel? A romance? Another bordello novel (snore)? And the story didn't go anywhere for such a long time!
So -meh. I finished it and that says a lot.
Yeah I will stick to my it was ok-plus rating.
First of all, at four hundred and some odd pages it was way too long.
Next- the title- I don't get it. Yes, *part* of the book was about a girl in a Flash House or Bordello, but that was only part of the story. What about the rest of it- journalist husband disappears, wife goes after him etc.
And now we've hit the story itself: I think the title being non-reflective of the whole book is an indication that the author just didn't know where she was going with this book. It just seemed so loose. The characters flipped and flopped the plot went from first person account to third person. Was it a spy novel? A romance? Another bordello novel (snore)? And the story didn't go anywhere for such a long time!
So -meh. I finished it and that says a lot.
Yeah I will stick to my it was ok-plus rating.
February 13, 2008
I was sucked in pretty early on, and by the end of the book, was desparate to know the fates of these characters. But the ending left me feeling a bit of Kite Runner-esque de ja vu... the depressing sting of humanity's ability to f---- up. Sad, but in the dulling sense. No tears shed.
August 16, 2010
India is wonderfully realised in this historical thriller and social commentary.
A difficult book in some ways - grim and confronting in its picure of institutionalised exploitation and violence against women. The almost exclusively female voices show a man's world, or rather several worlds: international intrigue, diplomatic circles, forced prostitution. Of course, women are not blameless here and betrayals and failures to act abound.
Five characters maintain our focus: Joanna, Lawrence, Kamla, Simon, and the largely absent Aidan whose memory still motivates others. The action alternates between Joanna and Kamla's perspectives and the missfires and failures of understanding that characterise the novel are revealed in the gaps between their views.
Liu's writing is rich and evocative, particularly so for this genre, with some passages incredibly moving; the depiction of Joanna and Kamla bathing in the mountains, revealing so much more than flesh, is powerful. Historical details are persuasive and as an Australian myself, I can vouch for her nearly faultless precision in getting her Aussie character 'right'. The narrators are sympathetic, if not always likeable, and Liu shows a firm brutality in the novel's conclusion. Idealism and good intentions are skillfully dissected, and found to be wanting.
A difficult book in some ways - grim and confronting in its picure of institutionalised exploitation and violence against women. The almost exclusively female voices show a man's world, or rather several worlds: international intrigue, diplomatic circles, forced prostitution. Of course, women are not blameless here and betrayals and failures to act abound.
Five characters maintain our focus: Joanna, Lawrence, Kamla, Simon, and the largely absent Aidan whose memory still motivates others. The action alternates between Joanna and Kamla's perspectives and the missfires and failures of understanding that characterise the novel are revealed in the gaps between their views.
Liu's writing is rich and evocative, particularly so for this genre, with some passages incredibly moving; the depiction of Joanna and Kamla bathing in the mountains, revealing so much more than flesh, is powerful. Historical details are persuasive and as an Australian myself, I can vouch for her nearly faultless precision in getting her Aussie character 'right'. The narrators are sympathetic, if not always likeable, and Liu shows a firm brutality in the novel's conclusion. Idealism and good intentions are skillfully dissected, and found to be wanting.
April 29, 2019
A compelling historical/suspense novel about India-China just after WWII.
We have a trek through the Himalayas, a woman searching for her missing husband who may or may not be a Communist spy, murder, ill-advised romance, a bit of pre-teen angst, and a young girl's struggle to survive after escaping from life in a brothel.
Although this gives us a lot to keep those pages turning.
We have a trek through the Himalayas, a woman searching for her missing husband who may or may not be a Communist spy, murder, ill-advised romance, a bit of pre-teen angst, and a young girl's struggle to survive after escaping from life in a brothel.
Although this gives us a lot to keep those pages turning.
October 6, 2012
All I can say is, "WOW"! I haven't read a book with this many twists and turns in a long time! Just when you think you have had the last surprise, the author throws in another one! I must admit, that I was struggling a little while the story was fixated on the physical trek to find Aiden, but if you feel the same way, stick with it and I promise you will be glad you did! So much depth to the story lines and their characters!
July 16, 2014
I feel a bit bereft having finished this, I got so caught up in it. I had no idea of the politics of the region of that time so that was interesting and all nicely tied together with the love story. Fascinating!
June 20, 2013
What a crazy book. I loved it and hated it. It was a super easy read because I wanted to find out how it all turned out. I was so sad for all the characters in the book and how complicated all of their lives were.
April 30, 2009
I read to page 214 and decided it just wasn't worth it. It's a thriller and nothing was revealed on up to page 214 so forget it! So many books so little time.
May 13, 2014
Intriguing story, well written, disturbing—perhaps because it reflects life more than I want to admit.
August 13, 2020
I always enjoy a fictional period piece. I was unfamiliar with Asian events following WWII. This is yet another piece of the puzzle as to how the world arrives at its current state: Indians, Soviets, Afghans, and Mao’s Chinese all scrambling to stake their claims on the same bits of soil. And as always, the Brits and Americans are well in the mix. I intend to read more from this time period.
The novel was good on several levels. The spying and secrecy kept me turning pages. The adventures through the Himalayas gave an accurate picture of the geography. The characters of Joanna and Lawrence were well developed and it was quite a coming of age story for both Simon and Kamla as they both endured extreme life changing events.
I would recommend this book to others.
The novel was good on several levels. The spying and secrecy kept me turning pages. The adventures through the Himalayas gave an accurate picture of the geography. The characters of Joanna and Lawrence were well developed and it was quite a coming of age story for both Simon and Kamla as they both endured extreme life changing events.
I would recommend this book to others.
June 18, 2024
I think I did this book a major disservice by taking so long to read it. I loved the first section and thought that would be the story but then we ended up back at the beginning with a lot of names and it's my fault but I couldn't remember who everyone was. I also couldn't get the geography in my head (the map at the front did little to help that) so I was never sure where anyone was. Despite that I thought it was an interesting story about something I knew little about, and the main characters were complex and messy, which feels realistic.
September 14, 2024
Read the book back in 2004. Loved it. Why? Because I believe the huge message that we all fail to see is that most of the times the truth is staring us in the face but we refuse to see it. That secrets will always come to the surface one way or another, and that we should always ask questions whenever we have doubts. Really liked it
May 2, 2020
I wanted to like this book and I did enjoy it until about half way, then I felt it drifted. I had to force myself to finish it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 17, 2020
Not bad, certainly not predictable. The setting intrigued me since I'd just been to Delhi.
December 2, 2010
Set against the background of post-WW2 China and India. Joanna Shaw is in India with her husband, a journalist - or is he? She rescues a young girl with aquamarine eyes from a brothel, or "flash house", and takes her to the rescue home Joanna runs for girls trafficked in to Delhi's red light district. When Joanna's husband disappears in a plane crash, she takes her young son and her husband's Aussie friend along to help find him, and this young girl to save her from being forcefully returned to the flash house. They travel under harsh conditions through northern India, Kashmir, the Himalayas, and in to the turbulence of Red China under Mao.
Although the authorities insist that her husband is dead, Joanna refuses to believe the worst and continues to search for him. She enters a world of lies and intrigue, never quite knowing what or whom to believe. The young girl, Kamla, is caught between the mystery of her birth and wide net of the flash house, while trying to hold tight to the false security of Joanna's family and the opportunity of an education.
Although the authorities insist that her husband is dead, Joanna refuses to believe the worst and continues to search for him. She enters a world of lies and intrigue, never quite knowing what or whom to believe. The young girl, Kamla, is caught between the mystery of her birth and wide net of the flash house, while trying to hold tight to the false security of Joanna's family and the opportunity of an education.
June 11, 2017
It is set in India and Central Asia at the start of the Cold War, featuring two unforgettable heroines whose fates are irrevocably intertwined.
When a plane carrying American journalist Aidan Shaw goes down in the Himalayas, his wife Joanna refuses to believe he's dead. Convinced her husband's disappearance is no accident she enlists the help of his best friend Lawrence Malolm, a member of Australia's secret service. They set off in search of answers, bringing along Kamla as translator. Kamla is one of the girls from the rescue home Joanna runs in New Delhi.
This is a searing story about the pain of being different, about the inescapable, often destructive hold of the past, about Chinese history, passionate love and deception and ultimate betrayal.
When a plane carrying American journalist Aidan Shaw goes down in the Himalayas, his wife Joanna refuses to believe he's dead. Convinced her husband's disappearance is no accident she enlists the help of his best friend Lawrence Malolm, a member of Australia's secret service. They set off in search of answers, bringing along Kamla as translator. Kamla is one of the girls from the rescue home Joanna runs in New Delhi.
This is a searing story about the pain of being different, about the inescapable, often destructive hold of the past, about Chinese history, passionate love and deception and ultimate betrayal.
September 14, 2015
I picked this book up at a book swap awhile ago. Just getting started but so far we have met Kammy, a young girl who was forced into an Indian brothel after being taken from her parents. She is horribly attacked by the local police before being rescued by Joanne Shaw, a social worker living in India with her journalist husband, and young son Simon. Jo's husband goes missing and his best friend Lawrence joins Jo and Simon, and Kammy, to set out by foot across the mountains to China where his plane went down. So far I am enjoying the pace of the book and the characters.
Sept. 14- OK, still enjoying the book but my heart is broken for Kammy and I am so disappointed with Joanne!
Sept. 14- OK, still enjoying the book but my heart is broken for Kammy and I am so disappointed with Joanne!
May 17, 2019
A long read, which I felt could have been edited and shortened. But I finally got to the end. My score for this book varied between two and three, depending what part of the story I was at. It finally ended at two, when that possessive little sh... kid Simon shot Lawrence and then got off Scot-free, because Kamla willingly took the blame. But I am pleased Kamla did alright in the end and found a good life.
January 27, 2013
Enjoyed the journey however it was a bit disjointed at times and I found the imperialistic attitude of some of he characters annoying.
This novel kept me interested and informative about "the game" that plays with the lives if many innocent people.
This novel kept me interested and informative about "the game" that plays with the lives if many innocent people.
January 17, 2016
Wow - very interesting historical fiction. I would have preferred to have had a computer nearby while reading it as there were a lot of unfamiliar terms in it and lots of Asian geography for which I could have used a map in order to better understand. All that aside, I enjoyed it.
February 12, 2018
I liked it a lot but possibly because I've become familiar with the area, having read some travel books and passed through some of the places. The descriptions of the land were pretty accurate. It's a pity Aidan's story wasn't added to the two voices in the story.
September 23, 2014
The trials of my life now seem so insignificant. I wasn't stolen from my family to be a sex slave, only to be adopted and taken on an endless journey.
July 2, 2008
The trials of my life now seem so insignificant. I wasn't stolen from my family to be a sex slave, only to be adopted and taken on an endless journey.
July 24, 2009
A pretty intriguing story that ended differently than I expected. Thankfully, the overall story was one of survival despite some let down.
November 8, 2018
A bit disappointing - a trip to India and the Kush minus the exotic.
May 20, 2010
Beautifully written, this book has an exotic locale, wonderfully realized characters, romance, adventure and surprising plot twists. I recommend it totally.
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