Rumer Godden
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A New York Times-bestselling novel of the lives, loves, and foibles of five generations of a British family occupying a manor house in Wales. For nearly one hundred and fifty years, the Quin family has lived at China Court, their magnificent estate in the Welsh countryside. The land, gardens, and breathtaking home have been maintained, cherished, and ultimately passed along-from Eustace and Adza in the early nineteenth century to village-girl-turned-lady-of-the-manor...
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Facing harsh adult realities, a young English girl in India must leave childhood behind, in this masterful tale from a New York Times–bestselling author. The Ganges River runs through young Harriet's world. The eleven-year-old daughter of the British owner of a successful jute concern, she loves her life in Bengal, India, on the river's edge, so far removed from the English boarding school she attended before the outbreak of hostilities in Europe....
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A troubled European family struggles to make a life in India during WWII in this "absorbing" novel from a New York Times–bestselling author (Kirkus Reviews). Eight years ago, Louise Pool left her husband, Charles, in India, fleeing a marriage marked by anger, disillusion, and mistrust. Now, with Europe engulfed in the flames of World War II and Germany's Nazi juggernaut rolling through occupied France, Louise is reluctantly returning to East Bengal,...
6) Gypsy girl
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Description
After she is orphaned, seven-year-old Kizzy, who has lived as a Romany, or Gypsy, all her life, must face a small English town's intolerance and find herself a new home and family.
8) The river
Series
Criterion collection volume 276
Publisher
Janus Films
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the holy Bengal River in India, around which their daily lives unfold.
9) Enchantment
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Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two generations of lovers struggle to determine whether practicality or passion should guide their fate.
10) Black narcissus
Series
Criterion collection volume 93
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Led by the stern Sister Clodagh, a group of nuns tries to establish a convent in the Himalayas.
11) Black narcissus
Series
Criterion collection volume 93
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 DVD (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Majesty gives way to mystery, and marks a harrowing descent into madness, when a young British nun is ordered to establish a convent in the remote Himalayan mountains. Sister Clodagh (Kerr) is a serious young novitiate assigned to lead a crucial mission, with the reluctant recommendation of her Mother Superior. Together with a disparate group of nuns, Sister Clodagh will face strange peoples and customs, a harsh and unforgiving climate and a wrenching...