The Sapphire Child, Janet MacLeod Trotter
The Sapphire Child, Janet MacLeod Trotter
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The Sapphire Child

Author: Janet MacLeod Trotter

Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden

Unabridged: 13 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/08/2020

Synopsis

In the dying days of the Raj, can paths divided by time and circumstance ever find each other again?In 1930s Northern India, childhood friends Stella and Andrew have grown up together in the orbit of the majestic Raj Hotel. Spirited Stella has always had a soft spot for boisterous Andrew, though she dreams of meeting a soulmate from outside the close-knit community. But life is turned on its head when one scandal shatters their friendship and another sees her abandoned by the man she thought she loved.As the Second World War looms, Andrew joins the army to fight for freedom. Meanwhile in India, Stella, reeling from her terrible betrayal, also throws herself into the war effort, volunteering for the Women’s Auxiliary Corps, resigned to living a lonelier life than the one she dreamed of as a child.When Andrew returns to the East on the eve of battle with Japan, the two former friends are reunited, though bitter experience has changed them. Can they rekindle what they once had or will war demand of their friendship the ultimate sacrifice?

About Janet MacLeod Trotter

Janet MacLeod Trotter is the author of numerous bestselling and acclaimed novels, including The Hungry Hills, which was nominated for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, The Tea Planter’s Daughter, which was nominated for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Novel of the Year Award, and In the Far Pashmina Mountains, which was shortlisted for the RNA Historical Romance of the Year Award. Much informed by her own experiences, MacLeod Trotter was raised in the north-east of England by Scottish parents and travelled in India as a young woman. She now divides her time between Northumberland and the Isle of Skye. Find out more about the author and her novels at www.janetmacleodtrotter.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren on December 20, 2020

India 1933: Stella Dubois and Andrew Lomax grew up together playing at the Raj Hotel in Rawalpindi. Stella’s father Charlie Dubois is the manager of the hotel and Andrew’s father Tom Lomax is the owner. When Andrew gets into trouble at school, his mother Lydia insists he visits her in Scotland and S......more

Goodreads review by Louise on December 09, 2020

The Raj Hotel #2 1930's Nothern India childhood friends Stella and Andrew have grown up together in the orbit of the majestic Raj Hotel. Stella has always had a soft spot for Andrew but she dreams of meeting a soulmate from outside her close knit community. But scandal shatters Stella and Andrew's f......more

Goodreads review by nicole baines on January 31, 2021

I enjoyed this book just as much as the prequel. Often I find a second book can be a disappointment, with loose ends not tied up, but the detail in this book was phenomenal. I don’t think there’s a single character from The Emerald Affair who’s fate you don’t discover. I also don’t find the storylin......more

Goodreads review by Susan on April 21, 2021

Another easy read novel set in Scotland and India. It is escapist with great descriptions of places in India to allow me to travel from my home- the only option we seem to have in covid times. I enjoyed the first in the series some time ago so when I spotted this on kindle for 88p I grabbed it. It is......more

Goodreads review by Jenna on January 12, 2021

Historical fiction bookstagram, I’ve got a new one for you......more

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