Of Marriageable Age, Sharon Maas
Of Marriageable Age, Sharon Maas
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Of Marriageable Age

Author: Sharon Maas

Narrator: Anne Flosnik

Unabridged: 18 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/20/2015

Categories: Fiction, Sagas


Synopsis

A spellbinding story of forbidden love. Three continents, three decades, three very disparate lives:

Savitri, intuitive and charismatic, grows up among the servants of a pre-war English household in Madras. But the traditional customs of her Brahmin family clash against English upper-class prejudice, threatening her love for the privileged son of the house.

Nataraj, raised as the son of an idealistic doctor in rural South India, finds life in London heady, with girls and grass easily available . . . until he is summoned back home to face raw reality.

Saroj, her fire hidden by outward reserve, comes of age in Guyana, South America. When her strict, orthodox Hindu father goes one step too far, she finally rebels against him and even against her gentle, apparently docile Ma.

But Ma harbors a deep secret, one that binds these three disparate lives and hurtles them toward a truth that could destroy their world.

About Sharon Maas

Sharon Maas is a novelist whose books include The Speech of Angels, Peacocks Dancing, and The Small Fortune of Dorothea Q. She also works as a social worker in a hospital in South Germany. Born in Guyana and educated in England, Sharon currently lives and works in Germany.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Renita on March 13, 2014

There are books that you fall in love with, books you enjoy so much that you do not want them to end. Books that capture your imagination and do not let go long after the last page, so that, even though you are an avid reader, you do not want to open another book because no other will match the beau......more

Goodreads review by Tania on December 26, 2016

I really enjoyed most of this book, specifically the fact that it had three different narrators living in different places and times. I loved the vivid descriptions of India, and it felt like I was experiencing it first hand, especially in Nat and Sav's stories. Unfortunately I thought the ending in......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on May 14, 2007

My favorite. It's amazing. I bought it abroad and haven't seen it in the states, so it's not too popular yet but absolutely worth getting from Amazon. A great read!......more

Goodreads review by Lakshu on July 28, 2014

This is the first book I've read in a while and I was more than satisfied to begin with this particular novel. "Of Marriageable Age" spins a story about three people - Savitri, Saroj and Nat - who are connected very intricately. It is about their journey from young and innocent children to the adult......more

Goodreads review by Jo Ann on August 12, 2016

Souvent, il ne faut pas beaucoup pour adhérer à la prose d'un écrivain. Il suffit d'un livre qu'on n'a pas pu poser avant de l'avoir terminé, et l'univers de cet auteur est indéniablement ancré en nous. C'est le cas de Sharon Maas. Je me sens proche de Maas, par ses origines multiples, son côté vadr......more