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From the bestselling author of The Kashmir Shawl

Exploring the evolution of Indian cinema from the 1920s to the mid-1990s, this book delves into the cultural, social, and artistic influences that shaped the industry prior to the global rise of Bollywood. It highlights key films, filmmakers, and movements that contributed to the rich tapestry of Indian film history, offering insights into how cinema reflected and influenced society during this transformative period.

1919. The Great War is over and London lies on the brink of an uncertain future. With the misery and horror of war in the past, hope begins to emerge for the women who have waited at home, as for the first time, they have taken steps towards political, economic and personal independence. But the men who fought and survived the trenches believe the future is theirs by right, and any woman who has celebrated her freedom must now redouble her efforts to keep it.

From the bestselling author of the phenomenally successful The Kashmir Shawl

"Newlywed Nerys Watkins leaves rural Wales to accompany her husband on a missionary posting to India. High up in the heart of Kashmir she discovers the lakeside city of Srinagar, where the British live on carved wooden houseboats and dance, flirt and gossip as if there is no war. But life becomes less frivolous when the men are sent away to fight. Nerys is caught up in a dangerous friendship, and by the time she is reunited with her husband the innocent Welsh bride has become a different woman. Years later, when Mair Ellis clears out her father's house, she finds an exquisite antique shawl and a lock of a child's hair. Tracing her grandparents back to Kashmir, Mair embarks on a quest that will change her life for ever."--Publisher.

From the bestselling author of Iris and Ruby comes a novel in which a group of old friends reunite to start a new stage of their lives.

The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Iris and Ruby.

Stiflingly quiet, Iris Black's Cairo house is suddenly disturbed by the arrival of her troubled and wilful granddaughter, Ruby. Teenage Ruby has run away from England to seek solace with the grandmother she hasn't seen for many years. This title offers a story of mothers, daughters and the distance between three generations of one family.

An epic love story and adventure set against the stunning backdrop of Antarctica. Alice Peel is a geologist. She believes in observation and proof. But now she stands alone on the deck of a rickety Chilean ship as a stark landscape reveals itself. Instead of the familiar measurable world, everything that lies ahead of her is unknown and unpredictable. Six weeks earlier her life was comfortably unfolding in an Oxford summer. Then, with her relationship suddenly in pieces, she accepted an invitation to join a group working at the end of the earth: Antarctica. James Rooker is a man on the run. He's been running since his childhood in New Zealand. Now, there is nowhere further to go. He has taken a job working on the same small Antarctic research station. Alice discovers an ice-blue and silver world, lit by sunlight. Nothing has prepared her for the beauty of it, or the claustrophobia of a tiny base shared with eight men and one other woman. The isolation wipes out everyone's past, and tension crackles in the air. But there is a jolt of recognition between Alice and Rooker that is like nothing she has ever known. life forever ! if she survives.