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'Colourful, spirited and crackling with charm' Guardian
Life is not easy for a sixteen-year-old girl living in small-town
South India, especially when she's blessed with a family like
hers - an over-dutiful sister, a brother who watches TV as an
occupation, a father who drinks and bullies his family, and
a silent mother. So when the inevitable marriage arrangement
is made, fuelled by her dreams and Audrey Hepburn movies,
she runs away to The Gity.
Secretly hoping she will step right into the shoes of her favourite
character, Holly Golightly, she embraces this brave new world
with courage, acquiring a taste for croissants and champagne
along the way. But she soon realises she can't run forever
'Delightful bawdy and comic yet not without its moments
of seriousness and emotional depth' Daily Telegraph
'Compelling this novel is the threshold work of a writer
of sharp vision with a moving beauty of words' Tribune
'An enchanting novel with a wonderful cast of...
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Fülszöveg
'Colourful, spirited and crackling with charm' Guardian
Life is not easy for a sixteen-year-old girl living in small-town
South India, especially when she's blessed with a family like
hers - an over-dutiful sister, a brother who watches TV as an
occupation, a father who drinks and bullies his family, and
a silent mother. So when the inevitable marriage arrangement
is made, fuelled by her dreams and Audrey Hepburn movies,
she runs away to The Gity.
Secretly hoping she will step right into the shoes of her favourite
character, Holly Golightly, she embraces this brave new world
with courage, acquiring a taste for croissants and champagne
along the way. But she soon realises she can't run forever
'Delightful bawdy and comic yet not without its moments
of seriousness and emotional depth' Daily Telegraph
'Compelling this novel is the threshold work of a writer
of sharp vision with a moving beauty of words' Tribune
'An enchanting novel with a wonderful cast of characters
beautifully written in deceptively simple prose'
Sainsbury's Magazine
'Incredibly funny charming and delightful' Eastern Eye
'Rajeev Balasubramanyam has created vivid, unforgettable
characters this wonderful novel is deceptively playful,
its easy humour unravelling to reveal serious intentions
at its heart' Emily Perkins
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