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The Sweet and Simple Kind

The Sweet and Simple Kind

C format original

Paperback (05 Feb 2009)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Loyalty (and the damnable lack of it in his wife) was the thought uppermost in the mind of Sir Andrew Millbanke as he looked down at Lady Alexandra's dead body, spread-eagled on the paved pathway of the Residency.'

And so begins an engrossing and dramatic family drama, set against the backdrop of Ceylon's bumpy evolution into Sri Lanka, as the Wijesinha clan struggle to balance their staunch political ambition against the ignominy of an embarrassing family scandal. And when two young family members, cousins Tsunami and Latha, meet and become firm friends no one can guess that their triumphant friendship will be played out over the passing years against both the best and the worst the newly independent Sri Lanka can offer as these two smart and Westernised young women pursue their own personal freedoms.

About the Publisher

Little, Brown

Little, Brown is the literary hardback imprint that feeds into our Abacus paperback list. We publish across a wide range of areas, including fiction, history, memoir, science and travel, but within this diverse list the vast majority of books have in common a strong narrative and a distinctive voice.

Book information

ISBN: 9781408701638
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: Little, Brown
Pub date:
Edition: C format original
DEWEY: 823.914
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 630
Weight: 818g
Height: 233mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 36mm