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Nisha's War
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Nisha's War
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Dan Smith
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:368 | Dimensions(mm): Height 201,Width 138 |
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Category/Genre | Intergenerational relationships |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781912626755
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Classifications | Dewey:823.92 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Chicken House Ltd
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Imprint |
Chicken House Ltd
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Publication Date |
3 February 2022 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Malaya, 1942. Nisha's home is destroyed by war and she and her mother, Amma, flee to her father's ancestral house in England, perched on a cliff top on the cold northern coast. When Amma falls gravely ill, Nisha is left to face her formidable grandmother alone. Grandmother's rules are countless, and her Anglo-Indian grand-daughter is even forbidden from climbing the old weeping tree. But when a ghost child beckons Nisha to sit under its boughs, and promises her Amma's life in return for three truths, its pull proves irresistible ...
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