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Author Gee, Alison Singh.

Title Where the peacocks sing : a palace, a prince, and the search for home / Alison Singh Gee.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 2013.
©2013.

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Location Call No. Status
 GDL Central Library Non-Fiction    92 Gee,A GEE    Available
Edition First edition.
Description v, 279 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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Contents Fear of flying -- Searching -- Meeting Ajay -- Good-bye high life, hello new life -- Rebirth -- Castles in the sky and other useless places -- The journey begins -- Delhi earth -- So close-- --High spirits -- The trophy room -- Gods and water -- The oiling -- A wedding at the palace -- Christmas with Hindus -- Servants and masters -- Haveli rich, cash poor -- Hong Kong luxury, Indian soul -- Resurrection -- The kitchen -- Amusing the Singhs -- The garden of truth -- The Singhs in America -- The wedding -- At last, the Taj.
Summary An international journalist meets, falls in love, and marries an Indian journalist who also happens to be a landed prince with a run-down palace in need of serious repair.
Subject Gee, Alison Singh.
Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Americans -- India -- Biography.
Families -- India.
India -- Social life and customs.
ISBN 9780312378783 (hardcover) : $25.99
0312378785 (hardcover)

 
    
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