Anila's Journey
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, [2008]
Format: Book
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Description: 309 pages ; 22 cm
Set in colonial India, this richly layered coming-of-age tale follows a spirited young artist on a journey up the Ganges -- and through the enigmas of her past.
How can Anila Tandy, left to fend for herself after her mother's death, dare to apply for a job that is clearly not meant for a woman? But somehow the "Bird Girl of Calcutta," art supplies in hand, finds herself on an eye-opening journey up the Ganges, apprenticed to a gentleman scientist. As the lush landscape slips by, Anila dives into her past -- a past where her beautiful Bengali mother still tells stories and her Irish father's mysterious disappearance lingers. Gorgeously written and rich with atmosphere, Mary Finn's debut novel tells the story of a determined young artist who must make her way in the dangerous world of late-eighteenth-century India.
How can Anila Tandy, left to fend for herself after her mother's death, dare to apply for a job that is clearly not meant for a woman? But somehow the "Bird Girl of Calcutta," art supplies in hand, finds herself on an eye-opening journey up the Ganges, apprenticed to a gentleman scientist. As the lush landscape slips by, Anila dives into her past -- a past where her beautiful Bengali mother still tells stories and her Irish father's mysterious disappearance lingers. Gorgeously written and rich with atmosphere, Mary Finn's debut novel tells the story of a determined young artist who must make her way in the dangerous world of late-eighteenth-century India.
Subjects:
Racially mixed people -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Self-reliance -- Fiction.
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Fiction.
Missing persons -- Fiction.
Self-reliance -- Fiction.
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Fiction.
Target Audience: 900L
ISBN:
9780763639167 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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F Finn | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |