A Tale of Two War Wives - Meenu Mann - Livres - AuthorHouse - 9781491802175 - 6 août 2013
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A Tale of Two War Wives

Meenu Mann

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A Tale of Two War Wives

Set in a historical era of British Raj in India, a story of two women's struggles and sacrifices before, during and after the W. W.2. Annie survives the trauma of neglect and abuse in her childhood but finds love in her husband Peter, an army officer who is sent to India under the imperial Raj to control the constant threats of mutinies erupting all over India during "Quit India" movements. After spending six years of their marriage in India, Annie loses Peter to a local woman who finds Peter half dead in the attack from the freedom fighters. Peter in the state of amnesia don't recognize Annie and chooses to be with his caretaker Miriam. Devastated and desolate Annie finds solace in Peter's friend and fellow army officer Suraj who helps her through the ordeal. Suraj, a valiant and adept army officer is sent to fight the Japanese in Malaysia during WW2 and is badly wounded. From the P. O. W. camp he is handed to Indian revolutionaries to fight against the British. Suraj, who realizes the exploitation and atrocities of the British, turns rebellious and joins the Indian national army formed by the freedom fighters. Suraj's wife Maya who lives in a village with her two daughters and elderly in-laws desperately wants a son. Her attempts to have a son fail tragically when complications in pregnancy lead to hysterectomy. Fear of losing Suraj's inheritance to his mean nephews for lack of male heir leaves Maya no option but to marry her husband off to another woman in a hope for a son. Back in England Annie unprepared for racial prejudices in civil world gives birth to Suraj's son Charlie. She carries the burden of shame and scorn but with Mary's support, raises her son single handedly. During W. W.2, when all single women had to be registered and sent to help in war causes, she marries her second husband Joe who also gets killed in the war. Annie who has kept her son a secret from Suraj all her life, feels obligated to discl

Médias Livres     Paperback Book   (Livre avec couverture souple et dos collé)
Validé 6 août 2013
ISBN13 9781491802175
Éditeurs AuthorHouse
Pages 232
Dimensions 127 × 203 × 12 mm   ·   231 g
Langue et grammaire English