"Mysterious, intriguing, and just downright absorbing...smart and full of atmosphere." - Boston Globe
Catherine MacDonald is astonished to receive from her twin brother - who had apparently drowned a year earlier in the monsoon floods of 1821 - a kashmiri shawl, a caddy of unusual tea, and a sheaf of traditional bagpipe music in his handwriting. When had he sent it? And why had he retitled a certain tune "Not Yet Drown'd"? Irresistibly, she is drawn to India to search for answers. With her stepdaughter and their two maids - one an enigmatic Hindu, the other a runaway American slave - she follows an obscure trail of tea, opium, and bagpipe music, discovering unsuspected truths about the man she is seeking. Reading group guide included.
Genre: Historical
Catherine MacDonald is astonished to receive from her twin brother - who had apparently drowned a year earlier in the monsoon floods of 1821 - a kashmiri shawl, a caddy of unusual tea, and a sheaf of traditional bagpipe music in his handwriting. When had he sent it? And why had he retitled a certain tune "Not Yet Drown'd"? Irresistibly, she is drawn to India to search for answers. With her stepdaughter and their two maids - one an enigmatic Hindu, the other a runaway American slave - she follows an obscure trail of tea, opium, and bagpipe music, discovering unsuspected truths about the man she is seeking. Reading group guide included.
Genre: Historical
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