Publisher Description
The term 'sleeping dictionary' was coined for young Indian women who slept with British men and educated them in the ways of India. Set between 1925 and the end of World War II, The Sleeping Dictionary is the story of Kamala, born to a peasant family in West Bengal, who makes her way to Calcutta of the 1930s. Haunted by a forbidden love, she is caught between the raging independence movement and the British colonial society she finds herself inhabiting. This portrait of late Raj India is both a saga and a passionate love story.
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About Sujata Massey
Sujata Massey is the author of the Perveen Mistry series for which the first novel, The Widows of Malabar Hill, won the Agatha, Macavity, and Mary Higgins Clark awards. She has also written a novella, two stand-alone novels, and a dozen novels in the Rei Shimura series. She was born in England to parents from India and Germany, grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. She was a features reporter for the Baltimore Evening Sun before becoming a full-time novelist. She was born in England to parents from India and Germany, grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Visit her website at sujatamassey.com.