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An ayah's choice
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- Book Synopsis
- In a small Indian village in 1900, nineteen-year-old Jaya Devani yearns for a freedom beyond the confines of the life expected of her. When she begins a tumultuous love affair with her British colonial employer she finds herself on course for a new life as an ayah, a nanny, in London. Arriving on British shores as the suffragette movement is growing, Jaya begins to grapple with a choice: can she really find freedom in the arms of her lover, or will she have to seek out her own way to be truly free?'A page turner exploring how the central character, Jaya, navigates to find her own agency against a backdrop of sex, class and colour based discrimination'- Helen Pankhurst CBE, women's right's activist and author of Deeds not Words
- About The Author
- Rahman writes historical fiction, non-fiction and short stories. Her first historical novel, Lascar, was inspired by stories passed down orally through the generations about one of her paternal ancestors who one of the early lascars (sailor/seaman from East India) to work aboard the British steamships of the 19th century. It was shortlisted for a Muslim Writers Award and longlisted for the Brit Writers Unpublished Award. Rahman has contributed to and been published in the Best of British, The Great War and SISTERS magazines, Asian World Newspaper, Children of the New Earth, The Huffington Post and BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. She was a columnist at Weekly Desh newspaper.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781913872090
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Onwe Press, (29 March 2022)
- Weight
- 446 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 198 x 35 mm
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