Description
Oxfordshire, 1947. Exhausted from nursing soldiers during the Second World War and hiding a painful secret, Kit Smallwood escapes to Wickham Farm where her friend is setting up a charity to send mid- wives to the Moonstone Home in South India. There, Kit meets and falls in love with Anto, a charming trainee doctor nearing the end of his English education.
But when Anto informs his family that he is returning home with an English bride, his parents are appalled, as is Kit's Anglo-Indian mother who has spent most of her life trying to forget her past. Thrown into a new life in India. Kit slowly realizes she has much to learn about the nature of home and the depths of het love for Anto.
Based on true accounts of European midwives in India. Monsoon Summer is a powerful story of secrets, the comforts and frustrations of family. and how far we'll go to be with those we love.
ISBN:9781501139765
