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Sandstorm
It was the summer of 1913, and 18-year-old Rose was embarking on a new life as the bride of the dashing Captain Geoffrey Chetwynd. Far from home and stuck with this man she barely knew, Rose felt Geoffrey was becoming an enigma to her and the charm that wooed her changed to vicious neglect...
408 pages, Hardcover
First published April 18, 1991
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About the author
June Knox-Mawer
16 books2 followersJune Ellis was born on May 10, 1930 in Wrexham, Wales, UK, daughter of Frank Ellis, an accountant. She raised in rural Denbighshire. She worked on the Chester Chronicle. In 1951, she married Ronald Knox-Mawer (1925-2009), a barrister and member of the colonial judiciary, they had a son a and a daughter. The marriage lived in Arabia and Fiji, that inspired her writing. In 1972, they returned to UK.
Published since 1961, in 1992 her novel Sandstorm won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Knox-Mawer was also a noted broadcaster which included a long time association with BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
June died on April 19, 2006, survived by her husband and children.
Published since 1961, in 1992 her novel Sandstorm won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Knox-Mawer was also a noted broadcaster which included a long time association with BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.
June died on April 19, 2006, survived by her husband and children.
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March 21, 2023
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I was transported to Aden and felt like I could see what they were seeing. Good descriptions of the places and scenery, and a good group of characters. I was really drawn into the story and was always excited to see what would happen next. The only thing I would have liked is a bit more at the end, maybe a little epilogue set a few months later. I felt it ended a bit abruptly. But on the whole I loved this book and would definitely read more by this author.
July 30, 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed this adventure. Rose travels out to Aden to be married off to a stranger. The British expat society is small and some of the women are getting food sent out from Fortnum and Mason.
Rose prefers to try the local food and as her new husband Geoffrey becomes an enigma, who just wanted a wife for respectability, she finds herself more drawn to a dashing local man.
The times are turbulent and with little else for women to do, they gossip, make friends, watch one another, have discreet affairs and worry about world events. But an affair with a local man - that would never do, even if he is handsome!
Great fun and well described, I really felt as if I was in the desert.
Rose prefers to try the local food and as her new husband Geoffrey becomes an enigma, who just wanted a wife for respectability, she finds herself more drawn to a dashing local man.
The times are turbulent and with little else for women to do, they gossip, make friends, watch one another, have discreet affairs and worry about world events. But an affair with a local man - that would never do, even if he is handsome!
Great fun and well described, I really felt as if I was in the desert.
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