The Peacock Spring is a beautiful and heartbreaking novel of loss of innocence and coming-of-age from Rumer Godden, the acclaimed author of Black Narcissus and The Greengage Summer. At fifteen and twelve, the daughters of diplomat have already seen more of the world than most girls of their age. But when Una and her younger sister, Halcyon, are summoned from their English boarding school to join their father in New Delhi, they encounter a reality unlike anything they have ever experienced. For Hal, India is a glorious ...
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The Peacock Spring is a beautiful and heartbreaking novel of loss of innocence and coming-of-age from Rumer Godden, the acclaimed author of Black Narcissus and The Greengage Summer. At fifteen and twelve, the daughters of diplomat have already seen more of the world than most girls of their age. But when Una and her younger sister, Halcyon, are summoned from their English boarding school to join their father in New Delhi, they encounter a reality unlike anything they have ever experienced. For Hal, India is a glorious adventure, filled with exotic sights and sounds, and a host of interesting new people. But Una feels like an outsider in this world of ingrained racial prejudice and cultural elitism left over from the days of the British Raj. Then Ravi, a young Indian gardener, brings a welcome light into Una's life, relieving her sadness and loneliness with poetry and compassion. But what begins as a simple friendship soon blossoms into a love forbidden by society, threatening to end in scandal and disaster.
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Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 0670545589. 8vo 8"-9" tall; Ex-Library; 274 pages; Ex-library. Light green cloth hard covers with tan cloth spine wraps. Blue lettering on spine. Spine is straight, binding tight. Usual library marks, stamps and paste-downs present. Interior pages are clean and remain bright. No dust jacket.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Size: 6x0x9; Minor wear & light tanning to boards. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Previous owners name on ffep. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly worn, toned & sunned in a mylar cover.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0670545589. Text is clean. Cover shows light wear, slight slant to spine. Dust jacket price clipped. Bookplate on front free endpaper.; (Bloom, Who Should We Then Read? 2, pg. 139-141); 8.30 X 5.40 X 0.80 inches; 274 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Hardcover and dustwrapper both lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, cover lightly faded at edges, clean text, dustwrapper price clipped. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
