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Read The Sandalwood Tree Elle Newmark ´ 2 Download Read Ë PDF, DOC, TXT, eBook or Kindle ePUB free ´ Elle Newmark Y unbearable wartime memoriesWhen Evie finds a collection of letters concealed deep in the brickwork of their rented bungalow so begins an investigation that consumes her allowing her to escape to another world a hundred years e A Slumpbreaker Particularly enjoyed the ending

Read The Sandalwood Tree Elle Newmark ´ 2 Download Read Ë PDF, DOC, TXT, eBook or Kindle ePUB free ´ Elle Newmark Arlier and to the extraordinary friendship of two very different young womenAnd as Evie's fascination with her Victorian discoveries deepens she unearths powerful secrets But at what cost to her present already fragile existence THE SANDALWOOD TREE is the second and final novel by late author Elle Newmark who passed away the very year that this book was published Given this sad coincidence reading the book was all the poignant as it s imbued with the author s obvious love for travel and for IndiaSet in a dual timeline this is the entwined story of three women whose arrival in India during the upheaval and eventual downfall of the Raj changes their lives In 1947 Evie comes to India with her young son and her husband who s suffering PTSD after his service in WWII Their marriage is falling apart as a result but in the colonial bungalow where they reside Evie happens upon a hidden packet of letters belonging to the bungalow s prior occupants Felicity and Adela two Victorian era women whose intimate friendship is described in alternating chapters Newmark elouently describes the majesty of India sweeping us into this complex nation as it expunges centuries of British rule Evie s struggles to salvage her marriage find respite in her discovery of Felicity and Adela s refusal to conform to their own era s rigid standards even as violence in India increases and the deadline for Partition looms While the denouement feels too coincidental the characters are vividly portrayed and unexpected especially Adela as is their conjoined plight Above all else the depiction of India itself with its whirlwind of colors and scents its desperate poverty and sage humility display Newmark s meticulous on site research and passion for her subject matter She was a gifted writer who left us a wonderful novel Social Creature by late author Elle Newmark who passed away the very year that this Misplaced Loyalty Meredith Hodge Novels Book 1 book was published Given this sad coincidence reading the A Pocketful of Crows book was all the poignant as it s imbued with the author s obvious love for travel and for IndiaSet in a dual timeline this is the entwined story of three women whose arrival in India during the upheaval and eventual downfall of the Raj changes their lives In 1947 Evie comes to India with her young son and her husband who s suffering PTSD after his service in WWII Their marriage is falling apart as a result A Love Like Ours but in the colonial Tanduk Menjangan Merah bungalow where they reside Evie happens upon a hidden packet of letters The Kingdom Cult of Self belonging to the A Killer's Christmas in Wales bungalow s prior occupants Felicity and Adela two Victorian era women whose intimate friendship is described in alternating chapters Newmark elouently describes the majesty of India sweeping us into this complex nation as it expunges centuries of British rule Evie s struggles to salvage her marriage find respite in her discovery of Felicity and Adela s refusal to conform to their own era s rigid standards even as violence in India increases and the deadline for Partition looms While the denouement feels too coincidental the characters are vividly portrayed and unexpected especially Adela as is their conjoined plight Above all else the depiction of India itself with its whirlwind of colors and scents its desperate poverty and sage humility display Newmark s meticulous on site research and passion for her subject matter She was a gifted writer who left us a wonderful novel

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Read The Sandalwood Tree Elle Newmark ´ 2 Download Read Ë PDF, DOC, TXT, eBook or Kindle ePUB free ´ Elle Newmark It is 1947 and Evie and Martin Mitchell have just arrived in the Indian village of Masoorla with their five year old son But cracks soon appear in their marriage as Evie struggles to adapt to her new life and Martin fails to bur I think The Sandalwood Tree is a humdinger of a story Of course I wrote it so I might be biased It involves two love stories 90 years apart set in war torn India The research for this book was fascinating We Americans do not ordinarily study Indian history world history is usually limited to Europe and reading about the drama and pageant that was the British Raj was colorful and gripping I topped off all that reading with a trip to India driving around northern India to check facts and collect sensory details for a feeling of authenticity Writing The Sandalwood Tree was an adventure and my life is richer for it